All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing—but the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.

A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.

Was there ever a war where only one side bled?

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya

There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.

Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce.

No price is too high to pay, to be the author of your fate.

Teachers are mind engineers! Teachers are life directors! Don’t ever undermine a teacher!

You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan.

Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.

If you are not going to get a thrill, how can you give someone else one? You must feel the beauty of the thing before you start.

In this world it is very dangerous to be weak.

When you are truly meditative, there is no time and space for you. Time and space is just a creation of the mind.

Now life is imitating art.

If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work things out and hasn't finished.

Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.