She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.

He wished he could relieve himself of his doubts and guilts half as easily.

Wherever you are, you must shine.

I am convinced that by eating biological foods it is possible to avoid a tumor.

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.

You see, I think negative emotions are always trumped by positive emotions.

never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral.

When you have seen the things I have seen and traveled all over the world, you would not be honest to yourself and the world to [look away].

The message of psychedelics is that culture can be re-engineered as a set of emotional and spiritual values rather than products. This is terrifying news.

I want to kiss you again, Tess.” “Why?” He chuckled, low under his breath. “Why? Because you’re beautiful, and because I want you. And I think you want me too.

Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.