War Quotes by George R. R. Martin

13 War quotes by George R. R. Martin

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Martin’s flair for epic conflict shines in these thirteen quotations. The set gives a quick taste of his narrative‑rich perspective on war, perfect for readers seeking a fantasy‑inspired angle.

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The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.

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If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scary thing. And…

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Knights die in battle,” Catelyn reminded her. Brienne looked at her with those blue and beautiful eyes. “As ladies die in childbed.…

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If you're going to write about war, which my books are about, wars are nasty things. I think it's sort of a…

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In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.

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Winter will never come for the likes of us. Should we die in battle, they will surely sing of us, and it’s…

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I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to…

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I've always taken that as my guiding principle and the rest is just set dressing. You can have dragons in it, or…

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“it is real, all of it, he thought, the wars, the intrigues, the great bloody game, and me in the center of…

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A great many of the epic fantasies, from The Lord of the Rings onward, are about war, but to my mind, a…

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Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t…

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“I'm named Bella," the girl told Gendry. "For the battle. I bet I could ring your bell, too. You want to?" "No,"…

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From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close and personal,…

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“A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes.”

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The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.

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That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition.

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I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the…

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“The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none…

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The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.

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Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that…

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“Jaime had decided that he would return Sansa, and the younger girl as well if she could be found. It was not like to…

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If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar…

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Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne,…

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I believe that women are many different types of people. There are brave women, there are cowardly women, there are altruistic women, there are…

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I know nothing and perhaps I never will,

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