Queen Quotes by George R.R. Martin

11 Queen quotes by George R.R. Martin

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Martin’s eleven lines on queens provide a quick window into how he envisions power and intrigue. Though few, each quote carries the weight of his storytelling craft and the complexities of sovereign rule.

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“When it comes to swords, a queen is only a woman after all.”

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“I am queen of the Seven Kingdoms, not a brood mare!”

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“The pawn that reaches the last rank, he told himself, becomes a queen.”

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“Stay," she said. "Rule. And be a queen.”

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“A queen that trust no one is as foolish as a queen who trusts everyone.”

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“... a queen belongs to her people, not to herself.”

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“The Lannister woman is our queen, and her pride is said to grow with every passing year.”

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“Sometimes he thinks of me as a child he must protect, and sometimes as a woman he would like to bed, but…

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“It seems to me that a queen who trusts no one is as foolish as a queen who trusts everyone.”

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“Queen you shall be, until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold…

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“A queen must listen to all,” she reminded him. “The highborn and the low, the strong and the weak, the noble and…

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“Neither's the one you get, less you want me to see if your apple's ripe, yet. - Yoren”

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“You are the queen, he ought to be begging leave of you.”

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“It is my look they will flinch from now, my frown that they must fear.”

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“A good threat is often more telling than a blow.”

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“This wine is very choice.”

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“Everything Syrio Forel had ever taught her vanished in a heartbeat. In that instant of sudden terror, the only lesson Arya could remember was…

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“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…

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“The rain feels good against my face, Sam. It feels like tears. Let me stay a while longer, I pray you. It has been…

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“Every man who walks the earth casts a shadow on the world. Some are thin and weak, others long and dark.”

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“The shy girl she had known at Riverrun had grown into a woman who was by turns proud, fearful, cruel, dreamy, reckless, timid, stubborn,…

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“He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber, poor fool.”

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“On the morning after battle the crows had feasted on victors and vanquished alike. How much can a crown be worth when a crow…

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“The little man gave the big one a look. One of his eyes was green, one was black, and both were cool.”

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“Jon, could there be honor in a lie, if it were told for a...good purpose? - Samwell”

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“My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” “Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.”

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