George R.R. Martin Quotes

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.

The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.

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.

Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if you just eat the final product without knowing what's gone into it.

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.

A man grows weary of having no lovers but his fingers.

Words are wind.

Words are not swords.

But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.

The world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honour of kings.

Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.

If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry.

"That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya

Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"

Her broad homely face turned red. "Yes."

"Oh, good," Jaime said. "I only rescue maidens.

Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.

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

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. (Maester Aemon)

Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths.

We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.