Wine makes all things possible.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, The Mystery Knight
A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
Nothing burns like the cold.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
We see the universe as it is ... and these naked truths are cruel ones. We who believe in life, and treasure it, will die. Afterward there will be nothing, eternal emptiness, blackness, nonexistence. In our living there has been no purpose, no poetry, no meaning. Nor do our deaths possess these qualities. When we are gone, the universe will not long remember us, and shortly it will be as if we had never lived at all. Our worlds and our universe will not long outlive us. Ultimately entropy will consume all, and our puny efforts cannot stay that awful end.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, "The Way of the Cross and Dragon"
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.... The man who never reads lives only one.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Dance with Dragons
Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
I am alive, and drunk on sunlight.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Storm of Swords
Is it so far from madness to wisdom?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
There are no heroes ... in life, the monsters win.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Storm of Swords
Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to Middle Earth.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, Dreamsongs
The heroes will always be remembered. The best. The best and the worst. And a few who were a bit of both.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Feast for Crows
Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
You wear your honor like a suit of armor ... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones
Laughter is poison to fear.
