Yet the higher a man climbs the further he has to fall.

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.

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

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.

I'm not at all stuck up . . . although judging from those around me I have every right to be.

Fame is a thing that happens when you do something you love - nobody wants to be famous for the wrong reasons. It's not my goal, but if being more famous means I can get more music out, that's cool.

There are no shortcuts to success.

Romantic art is always stylized: the better the art, the cleaner and more attractive and intelligent the stylization.

I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.

You must understand printing lies about Republican candidates is OK. It's called vetting. Printing the truth about liberals - that's called "swift-boating."

Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience.

When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference.

Fortitude is the disposition of soul which enables us to despise all inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power.

I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.