No man should live longer than his teeth.

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.

Hap sighed. If he could change one thing about Umber-besides his constant need for the thrill of exploration-it would be his obsession with secrets and surprises.

There are two things that govern life.It is Positivity and Negativity.You can see life with a Positive eye or drag yourself into a Negative Action.

One can memorize all words written about Christ but without a heart connection to Him, one does not know Him, and they will not be saved by Him.

That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don't want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain't no disgrace.

An innocent bird is not innocent from the insect’s point of view! Only man can attain the rank of innocence through becoming a peaceful vegetarian!

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

I'll use the knives for spreading jam, and the gas to warm my greying love.

Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks.

[On the music of Richard Strauss:] Too many notes!

I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.