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

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 Lord of Winterfell would always be a Stark

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

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

Never having seen women play chess, they assumed this game wasn't for them and without even a female teacher as role model, they dropped out.

We work in the best of our abilities.

A great voice is a unique instrument, not to sound like another instrument, but to be played like one.

Daisies in water are the longest lasting flower you can give to someone. Fact. Buy daisies. Not roses.

Humanity was drawn to turmoil and self-destruction as inevitably as the earth was drawn to complete its annual revolution of the sun.

That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.

Perhaps you could call your cat Meow so it could say it's own name. Or how about Stupid Cat Get Out Of Here. That would really confuse it if you tried to call it over to you.

How can you send somebody else's kid to war if you won't send your own?

Impossible not to imagine the dead observing us. Our love for them a soft, shimmering gossamar that trails behind us.

One way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and to be a nobody. The world will then not bother you.