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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 312b6a9 | Thank you, sweet lady.' Ser Dontos lurched clumsily to his feet, and brushed earth and leaves from his knees. 'Your lord father was as true a man as the realm has ever known, but I stood by and let them slay him. I said nothing, did nothing . . . and yet, when Joffrey would have slain me, you spoke up. Lady, I have never been a hero, no Ryam Redwyne or Barristan the Bold. I've won no tourneys, no renown in war . . . but I was a knight once,.. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 1e49286 | There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk. | alcoholic death | George R.R. Martin | |
| a57e203 | And Winterfell ... grey granite, oak and iron, crows wheeling around the towers, steam rising off the hot pools in the godswood, the stone kings sitting on their thrones ... how could Winterfell be gone? | George R.R. Martin | ||
| ab94deb | Beneath your skin are muscles. Learn to use them. It is your face. Your cheeks, your lips, your ears. Smiles and scowls should not come upon you like sudden squalls. A smile should be a servant, and come only when you call it. Learn to rule your face. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| dd09b9e | Must I say it, ser? You call me love, yet you refuse me, when I have most desperate need of you. Is it so wrong of me to want a knight to keep me safe? - Arianne | George R.R. Martin | ||
| bcc66be | You are Alayne, and you must be Alayne all the time." He put two fingers on her left breast. "Even here. In your heart. Can you do that? Can you be my daughter in your heart?" "I . . ." I do not know, my lord, she almost said, but that was not what he wanted to hear. Lies and Arbor gold, she thought. "I am Alayne, Father. Who else would I be?" | George R.R. Martin | ||
| b902c2c | The thought made his belly heave again. Sam bent over the gunwale and retched, but not into the wind. He had gone to the right rail this time. He was getting good at retching. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| e85c171 | He is fair of face and foul of heart. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 472ef71 | She would be no one if that was what it took. No one had no holes inside her. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 757ea2a | All kings must be butchers or meat. | kings meat | George R.R. Martin | |
| b6da9d1 | How long has it been since you've eaten? My faith is all the nourishment I need. Faith is like porridge. Better with milk and honey. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 425da69 | I remember a man throwing me in the air when I was very little. He stands as tall as the sky, and he throws me up so high it feels as though I'm flying. We're both laughing, laughing so much that I could hardly catch a breath, and finally I laugh so hard I wet myself, but that only makes him laugh the louder. I was never afraid when he was throwing me. I knew that he would always be there to catch me. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 6982282 | Who are you? We we're king's men when we began, the man told her, but king's men must have a king, and we have none. We were brothers too, but now our brotherhood is broken. I do not know who we are, if truth be told, nor where we might be going. I only know the road is dark. The fires have not shown me what lies at its end. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| f2a470a | on Roose Bolton's face, rage and joy looked much the same. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| e705f8e | It was a time for warm embraces, for smiles, for toasts and reconciliations, for renewing old friendships and making new ones, for laughter and kisses. It was a good time, a golden autumn, a time of peace and plenty. But winter was coming. | happiness laughter ominous peace prosperity threat time-for-love winter-is-coming | George R.R. Martin | |
| e6fb5ff | Spare me," he begged. "I do not want to die." "Few do. Yet all men die, regardless." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 6b6a6b3 | Dany kissed him lightly on the cheek. It heartened her to see him smile. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 2d76560 | We shall serve him lies and Arbor gold, and he'll drink them down and ask for more. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| e13b873 | Death should hold no fear for a man as old as me, but it does. Isn't that silly? It is always dark where I am so why should I fear the darkness? Yet I cannot help but wonder what will follow, when the last warmth leaves my body. Will I feast forever in the Father's golden hall as the septons say? Will I talk with Egg again, find Dareon whole and happy, hear my sisters singing to their children? What if the horselords have the truth of it? W.. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 863043e | A wise man did not pour wildfire on a brazier. Instead he poured a fresh cup of wine. | wildfire wine | George R.R. Martin | |
| b4ae4fd | She had to have gone elsewhere... but elsewhere is a big place. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 825a568 | I dreamed of you and a dead dragon, Egg's brother Daeron said to him. A great beast, huge, with wings so large they could cover this meadow. It had fallen on top of you, but you were alive and the dragon was dead. And so he was, poor Baelor. Dreams were a treacherous ground on which to build. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 79d7d56 | Why must we draw these lines, these fine distinctions, these labels and barriers that set us apart? Ace and nat and joker, capitalist and communist, Catholic and Protestant, Arab and Jew, Indian and Latino, and on and on everywhere, and of course true humanity is to be found only on side of the line and we feel free to oppress and rape and kill the "other," whoever he might be. (From the Journal of Xavier Desmond)" | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 15e6397 | Even a hedge knight has his honor. | honor | George R.R. Martin | |
| 3e2ed24 | You're awful." "I'm honest. It's the world that's awful." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| cdeba7e | Honey poured over thunder. | thunder | George R.R. Martin | |
| 387e159 | They call me Baelon the Brave," the prince told his wife at her bedside, "but I would sooner fight a dozen battles than do what you've just done." | battle childbirth fire-and-blood mother targaryens | George R.R. Martin | |
| e761cd2 | The Sphinx is the riddle, not the riddler. | sphinx | George R.R. Martin | |
| b98c38f | The seeds of war are oft planted during times of peace. | peace war | George R.R. Martin | |
| 1d976b3 | And the stars in the night were the eyes of his wolves, and the wind itself was their song. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| 7ce3f0f | Tell Khan Drogo that he has given me the wind. | daenerys-targaryen khal-drogo wind | George R.R. Martin | |
| 99c5fc1 | Her big hand wrapped tight around Oathkeeper. "I will. And I will find the girl and keep her safe. For her lady mother's sake. And for yours." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| d909bde | The summers have been shorter since the last dragon died, and the winters longer and crueler. | George R.R. Martin | ||
| a6be72e | You are quite mad." The smoke had filled her eyes with tears. "If you were better born, I'd marry you." | George R.R. Martin | ||
| d6572f8 | The barber ran to the broken window, and saw Gavroche, who was running with all his might towards the Saint Jean market. On passing the barber's shop, Gavroche, who had the two children on his mind, could not resist the desire to bid him "good day", and had sent a stone through his sash. "See!" screamed the barber, who from white had become blue, "he makes mischief. What has anybody done to this Gamin?" | humor les-mis les-misérables miserable victor-hugo | Victor Hugo | |
| 0721ef8 | Astarte has come again, more powerful than before. She possesses me. She lies in wait for me. December 97 My cruelty has also returned: the cruelty which frightens me. It lies dormant for months, for years, and then all at once awakens, bursts forth and - once the crisis is over - leaves me in mortal terror of myself. Just now in the avenue of the Bois, I whipped my dog till he bled, and for nothing - for not coming immediately when I calle.. | cruel cruelty decadence decadent decadents possession sadism shame-ashamed | Jean Lorrain | |
| 0e09231 | Good writing, and this is especially important in a subject such as economics, must also involve the reader in the matter at hand. It is not enough to explain. The images that are in the mind of the writer must be made to reappear in the mind of the reader, and it is the absence of this ability that causes much economic writing to be condemned, quite properly, as abstract. | writing | John Kenneth Galbraith | |
| e38a830 | Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding | John Kenneth Galbraith | ||
| bb744a3 | Men can labor to make sense out of single steps toward the goal without ever pausing to reflect that the goal itself is ludicrous. | John Kenneth Galbraith | ||
| f3dc8bb | But sometimes we have to be brave in order to dig deep and find answers. Even if we're not sure we're going to like the answers. | Linda Francis Lee | ||
| ca260cc | The lesson here is this: Do what God says to do, nothing more and nothing less. There is no game here. There is one move, and it belongs to God. Your job is to follow it. | Roberts Liardon | ||
| 8dc8181 | No one wants to pursue anything creative anymore, because that's too risky. They may not get the kind of return on the financial investment they've made in their education that they think they should. | Meg Cabot | ||
| 7258457 | Z transatlantickych hovorov ma ide rozhodit, lebo v pozadi pocujem sum oceanu a som cela nervozna, ze nas pocuvaju ryby alebo co. | Meg Cabot | ||
| 170ce44 | Why doesn't the CIA hire your grandmother to interrogate terror suspects? She does a much better job than they do of getting classified information. | Meg Cabot |