Ed Martin Quotes

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.

Unfortunately in television, for whatever reason, fantasy became thought of as a kids' genre.

...if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.

Not all books are for all people. We read for different reasons.

An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.

Some doors are best left closed.

It's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him.

Not everyone who spoke you friendly was really your friend." - Arya

Tolkien made the wrong choice when he brought Gandalf back. Screw Gandalf. He had a great death and the characters should have had to go on without him.

"Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, King Joffrey, Queen Cersei."

Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature. -- Lyanna

So be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear.

Life is not a song, sweetling. Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.

Give a thing a name and it will somehow come to be.

Tyrion wondered what it would be like to have a twin, and decided that he would rather not know. Bad enough to face himself in a looking glass every day.

Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.

Sometimes he could almost forget that it was there, the way you forget about the sky or the earth underfoot, but there were other times when it seemed as if there was nothing else in the world.

Those are brave men," he told Ser Balon in admiration. "Let's go kill them.

I never wanted to see half the things I've seen, and I've never seen half the things I wanted to. I don't think wanting comes into it. You'd best go all the same.

Nothing. My father is very good at doing nothing. He calls it thinking.

A dead enemy is a joy forever

I am doing the right thing, he told himself, so why do I feel so bad?

She was no stranger to waiting, after all. Her man had always made her wait.

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 morghulis.

The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life

Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.

Kill me, and be cursed. You are no king of mine.

I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.

Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.

I think life is a jape. Yours, mine, everyone's

Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.

And the mystery knight should defeat all challengers and name the wolf maid the queen of love and beauty.

I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.

Why ask for truth," Ser Barristan said softly, "if you close your ears to it?

Of course it’s not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know.

The morning air was dark with the smoke of burning gods.

A sweet face oft hides a sinner's heart.

Truly, sister, you were born to be a widow. (Tyrion to Cersei)

I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. (Sansa) No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves. (Tyrion) Lions, she whispered without thinking.

They hate you because you act like you're better than they are

If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life?" - Qyburn

Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked. 'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire.

There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies.

The air smelled of paper and dust and years.

If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells.