"Prince Tommen was not so obedient. “I’m supposed to ride against the straw man.”“Not today.”“But I want to ride!”“I don’t care what you want.”“Mother said I could ride.” “She said,” Princess Myrcella agreed. “Mother said,” mocked the king. “Don’t be childish.” “We’re children,” Myrcella declared haughtily. “We’re supposed to be childish.”The Hound laughed. “She has you there.”"

"It is no good hammering your sword into a plowshare if you must forge it again on the morrow."

"Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them."

"Is it so far from madness to wisdom?"

"A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man’s life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose."

"Do you always smell so bad, or did you just finish fucking a pig?"

"Wherever you have a camp, you are certain to have camp followers."

"Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening"

"“I’ll have the boy.” ... “You’ll have no one,” Yoren said stubbornly. “There’s laws on such things.” The gold cloak drew a shortsword. “Here’s your law.” Yoren looked at the blade. “That’s no law, just a sword. Happens I got one too.”"

"Many called her beautiful. She was not beautiful. She was red, and terrible, and red."

"A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse."

"My first rule of war, Cat—never give the enemy his wish."

"Some commands are more easily given than obeyed."

"There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man."

"You wear your honor like a suit of armor, Stark. You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move."

"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."

"For fifteen years I protected him from his enemies, but I could not protect him from his friends."

"Ah, but when the queen proclaims one king and the Hand another, whose peace do they protect?" Lord Petyr flicked at the dagger with his finger, setting it spinning in place. When at last it slowed to a stop, the blade pointed at Littlefinger. "Why, there's your answer. They follow the man who pays them."

"Jon could not find it in him to pray to any gods, old or new. If they were real, he thought, they were as cruel and implacable as winter."

"They hate me because I'm better than they are" "No. They hate you because you act like you're better than they are."

"My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind...And a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge."

"Let them see that their words can cut you, and you'll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can't hurt you with it anymore."

"Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities."

"I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown? The gods mock the prayers of kings and cowherds alike."

"Know the men who follow you, and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger."

"What strange fit of madness led you to tell the queen that you had learned the secret of Joffrey's birth?" "The madness of mercy."

"The words gave her a chill, as they always did. The Stark words. Every noble house had its words. Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage. All but the Starks. Winter is coming, said the Stark words."

"Anger flashed in her brother’s lilac eyes. “Do you take me for a fool?” The magister bowed slightly. “I take you for a king. Kings lack the caution of common men.”"

"Never draw your sword unless you mean to use it."

"He was always clever, even as a boy, but it is one thing to be clever and another to be wise."

"Generations of capering fools in motley have won me the right to dress badly and say any damn thing that comes into my head."

"A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is."

"Wizards die the same as other men, once you cut their heads off."

"A true man does what he will, not what he must."

"The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer."

"“We should start back,” Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them. “The wildlings are dead.”"

"Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave."

"Laughter is poison to fear."

"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."

"If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die."

"And now his watch has ended."

"What is dead may never die, but rises again harder and stronger."

"I am so sorry."

"In a coat of gold or a coat of red a lion still has claws. 'And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as yours."

"In life, the monsters win."

"The night is dark and full of terrors."