All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful.

When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.

The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

A Lannister always pays his debts.

There are no men like me. There's only me

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.

The Lord of Winterfell would always be a Stark

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.

Together, we can serve humanity with our unique passions, gifts and abilities.

I admit that at times my prayer for my children is nothing more than vocalized unbelief aimed at God.

I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no journalism. It's cause and effect.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

Caring is the essence of nursing.

McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.

The wheel begins its only if turning. / It had never stopped. / This is life's bargain that motion / Is hope.

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.

If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.

I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that my children should be bred up in it too.