Quote by George R.R. Martin Download Open image ““Jon, could there be honor in a lie, if it were told for a...good purpose? - Samwell”” — George R.R. Martin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Fat and awkward and frightened he might be, but Samwell Tarly was no fool. One night he visited Jon in his cell. “I don’t… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
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“It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men and he did not like it much. He was glad he could… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it,’ the dwarf had told him smiling. The world was full of cravens who… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Jon wanted nothing more. No , he had to tell himself, those days are gone . The realization twisted in his belly like a knife. They had chosen him to rule. The Wall was his, and their lives were his as well. A lord may love the men that he commands, he could hear his lord father saying, but he… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“Jon, did you ever wonder why the men of the Night's Watch take no wives and father no children?'' Maester Aemon asked. Jon shrugged. ''No.'' He scattered more meat. The fingers of his left hand were slimy with blood and his right throbbed from the weight of the bucket. ''So they will not love'' the old man answered ''for love… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
[Melisandre] "His Grace is growing fond of you." [Jon] "I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice." Page 58 — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“All aspects of honor derive from honesty. A liar cannot truly be honorable, for where is the honor in deception?” — Keith R.A. DeCandido Copy Share Image
“Orwell was one of those upon whom nothing was lost. (This included, as Orwell himself said: “the power of facing unpleasant facts”). By declining… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Sam. What would he make of all this? If he’d been alive when she was captured, he would have had her out of the… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, we need little lies to save our pride. And sometimes we need big lies to save our souls.” — Bettie Sharpe 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