“Yet he understood what the old man had meant, about the pain of choosing; he understood that all too well. Tyrion” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“What would you have of me?” “Two things,” the old man said. “Winterfell, and your life.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Forgive an old man his wanderings, if you would. Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“A man will win one tourney, and fall quickly in the next. A slick spot in the grass may mean defeat, or… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Nor was he Aemon Targaryen. Three times the old man had chosen, and three times he had chosen honor, but that was… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Jon, did you ever wonder why the men of the Night's Watch take no wives and father no children?'' Maester Aemon asked.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“There were four of them, Catelyn saw. An old man in the black of the Night’s Watch, two servants … and Tyrion Lannister, standing… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Allow me to give my lord one last piece of counsel," the old man had said, "the same counsel I once gave… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Desmond ushered the man inside. He was stooped and ugly, with an unkempt beard and unwashed clothes, yet Father greeted him pleasantly… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Neither's the one you get, less you want me to see if your apple's ripe, yet. - Yoren” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“It is my look they will flinch from now, my frown that they must fear.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Everything Syrio Forel had ever taught her vanished in a heartbeat. In that instant of sudden terror, the only lesson Arya could remember was… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Megga couldn’t sing, but she was mad to be kissed. She and Alla played a kissing game sometimes, she confessed, but it wasn’t the same as kissing a man, much less a king. Sansa wondered what Megga would think about kissing the Hound, as she had. He’d come to her the night of the battle stinking of wine and blood.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“The rain feels good against my face, Sam. It feels like tears. Let me stay a while longer, I pray you. It has been… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Every man who walks the earth casts a shadow on the world. Some are thin and weak, others long and dark.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The shy girl she had known at Riverrun had grown into a woman who was by turns proud, fearful, cruel, dreamy, reckless, timid, stubborn,… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber, poor fool.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“On the morning after battle the crows had feasted on victors and vanquished alike. How much can a crown be worth when a crow… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
