George R.R. Martin Quotes - Page 3

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.

I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read.

I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. 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. That’s why I read so much, Jon Snow.

He understood the way that you could sometimes fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world.

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end.

Sure, I knew the differences between a space opera and a hard-boiled detective story and a historical novel...but I never cared about such differences. It seemed to me, then as now, that there are good stories and bad stories, and that was the only distinction that truly mattered.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands.

The maester had loved books as much as Samwell Tarly did. He understood the way that you could fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world.

My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit.

I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother

That's one way we differ, Jaime and I. He's taller as well, you may have noticed.

What if the wolves come?" – Lommy Greenhands

"Yield." – Arya Stark

So do not waste my time. It is the most precious thing I have, time. It is the most precious thing any of us have.

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

If every woman had a direwolf, men would be much sweeter.

A shy smile, strong arms, clever fingers, and two sure swords. What more could any woman want?

I have become a sour woman. I take no joy in meat nor mead, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.