It was a story called ‘The Hero’ which I sold to Galaxy magazine in 1970, for $94.

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.

I hug him tightly. “I can’t imagine my life without you, Christian. I love you so much it frightens me.” “Me, too, ” he breathes. “My life would be empty without you. I love you so much.

Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.

They always call depression the blues, but I would have been happy to waken to a periwinkle outlook. Depression to me is urine yellow, washed out, exhausted miles of weak piss.

The modern man has become a machine for survival, which is largely the result of work of chemicals and genetic codes.

There will always remain more ashes than remorse.

Sometimes when things seem to be going wrong, they are going right for reasons you are yet to understand.

I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.

I'm not, sexy, am I? God knows, I've tried

It turned out that Democrats did not come out in the numbers they came out for, for Barack Obama. Five million fewer voters than went for Barack Obama back in 2012. So, what went wrong?