“In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and earth and wildflowers. Under it, she smelled ambition.”

“In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and earth and wildflowers. Under it, she smelled ambition.”

“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.”

“It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.”

“Nothing' isn't better or worse than anything. Nothing is just... nothing." Arya Stark”

“Then a begging brother in a tattered brown robe said a blessing on his sword, and a maid kissed his cheek. 'They are for me,' "Why?" He asked Pate. "What am I to them?" "A knight who remembered his vows," the smith said.”

“No mortal man could frighten him, no more than the darkness could, nor the bones of his soul, the grey and grisly bones of his soul.”

“And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?”“If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.”

“Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”

“Laughter is poison to fear.”

“No, no, my good knight, do not fear for me. The fire is mine. I am Daenerys Stormborn, daughter of dragons, bride of dragons, mother of dragons, don't you see? Don't you SEE?”

“The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear”