George R. R. Martin II

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

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

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.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today.

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

Winter is coming.

When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.

Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.

What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms . . . or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth. 

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

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

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

If I look back I am lost.