Quotes by George R.R. Martin

Do you ever find anyone in your dream? Sam asked.Jon shook his head. No one. The castle is always empty.

It seemed as he had been falling for years. Fly, a voice whispered in the darkness, but Bran did not know how to fly, so all he could do was fall.

Even in dreams, you could not fall forever.

I have more concern for my nephew's welfare than for Lannister pride.

You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you.

Will you not weep? I do not have the time for tears.

Let no man think that the fire of the Targaryens did not burn in his veins.

The Iron Throne will go to the man who has the strength to seize it.

Strength to your arm, then.

Man wants to be the king o’ the rabbits, he best wear a pair o’ floppy ears.

Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?”“That is the only time a man can be brave,

Be brave, she told herself. Be brave, like a lady in a song.

Some menthinkbecause they're afraid todo.

It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.

Art is not a democracy. People don’t get to vote on how it ends.

Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths.

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

Let them see thattheir words can cut you, and you’ll never be free of the mockery

Is it so far from madness to wisdom?"

It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

Laughter is poison to fear.

Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.

All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained.The Stark colors.Theon did not know whether he ought to find that ominous or reassuring. Even the sky was grey.The eyes of the bride were brown.Big and brown and full of fear.

The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.

A Lannister always pays his debts. (This quote highlights the heavy cost of vengeance and the cycle of violence.)