"[Varys:] What do we have left once we abandon the lie? Chaos, a gaping pit waiting to swallow us all. [Petyr Baelish:] Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real; the climb is all there is."