"They chanted in the tongue of Old Volantis, but Tyrion had heard the prayers enough to grasp the essence. Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more."

"We live closer to the green in our bogs and crannogs, and we remember Earth and water, soil and stone, oaks and elms and willows, they were here before us all and will still remain when we are gone."

"A bag of dragons buys a man's silence for a while, but a well-placed quarrel buys it forever."

"The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did."

"The dead should not eat better than the living."

"Men can't own the land no more'n they can own the sea or the sky."

"Death should hold no fear for a man as old as me, but it does. Isn't that silly? It is always dark where I am, so why should I fear the darkness?"

"These little wars are no more than a scuffle of children before what is to come."

"All you Westerosi make a shame of loving. There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at allt he beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness."

"There is truth in the flames, but it is not always easy to see."

"In the darkness all of the gods were strangers."

""Fuck" had been the first word of the Common Tongue that Xhondo had learned, and he was very fond of it."

"Nothing tarnishes a hero as much as failure."

"You know the best thing about heroes, Jaime? They all die young and leave more women for the rest of us."

"If sinners speak, why should the righteous listen?"

"Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure."

"The sun will not cease to shine if we miss a prayer or two."

"Why does a man with one pot of gold need another? Men are greedy."

"The waves may break upon the mountain, yet still they come, wave upon wave, and in the end only pebbles remain where once the mountain stood. And soon even the pebbles are swept away, to be ground beneath the sea for all eternity."

"The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song."

"The brave man slays with a sword, the craven with a wineskin."

"He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in the bedchamber, poor fool."

"There is much confusion in any war."

"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old."

"For a mute to take a vow of silence would be akin to a legless man giving up the dance."

"Men die in war, even men who are young and strong."

"Gods and wonders always appear, to attend the birth of kings."

"The path of faith was a crooked one."

"You will return to Lord Gyles and inform him that he does not have my leave to die."

"A warrior who cannot sleep soon has no strength to fight."

"No fight is hopeless till it has been fought."

"A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round the sword. Maybe the sword's prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but it will kill you just as dead."

"If there are rocks to starboard and storms to port, a wise captain steers a third course."

"The crown is crushing him"

"I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood."

"Abed, unclad, we are our truest selves, a man and a woman, lovers, one flesh, as close as two can be. Our clothes make us different people. I would sooner be flesh and blood than silks and jewels."

"I've won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war."

"I have never met a man I didn't provoke."

"Archmaester Rigney once wrote that history is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again."

"There is a tool for every task, and a task for every tool."

"When a dog goes bad, the fault lies with his master."

"There have always been men who found it easier to speak vows than to keep them."

"Life would be much simpler if men could fuck themselves, don't you agree?"