“The War is the enemy. It runs itself on the fears of the combatants. It is a machine into which men are… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“On armageddon day,' Sandy said, 'both armies will think they fight for good. And both of them will be wrong.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Lord Pea Pod. If you were a man, I would kill you for that, but my sword is made of too fine… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Missandei said the Peaceful People made music instead of war. They did not kill, not even animals; they ate only fruit and… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Not all of us can be as bold as Jaime, but there are other ways to win wars.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The battle fever. He had never thought to experience it himself, though Jamie had told him of it often enough. How time… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“A man is never so vulnerable in a battle as when he flees," Lord Eddard has told Jon once. "A running man… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Fighting is better than this waiting,” Brienne said. “You don’t feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“it did no good to brood on lost battles and roads not taken. That” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Lady, I have never been a hero, no Ryam Redwyne or Barristan the Bold. I've won no tourneys, no renown in war...… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The feast was good. The wine was of the best, and there was roast ox, rare and bloody, and stuffed ducks as… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“You can trick out a milk cow in crupper, crinet, and chamfron, and bard her all in silk, but that dosen't mean… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“There was this to be said for weddings over battles, at least; it was less likely that someone would cut off your… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“They have scarcely finished burying the dead from the last battle, and already they are practicing for the next one.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“That was the way of war. The smallfolk were slaughtered, while the highborn were held for ransom.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“But it did no good to brood on lost battles and roads not taken.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Just because a man can sing about battles doesn’t mean he’s fit to fight one.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Weddings have become more perilous than battles, it would seem.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Every battle is a gamble, Snow. The man who does nothing also takes a risk.” — 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 Image
“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… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“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
