Quotes on Clash Of Kings

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

So many vows … they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It’s too much. No matter what you do, you’re forsaking one vow or another.

Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints - the ground's too cold, my gravestone should be larger, why does he get more worms than I do.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.

The man who never reads lives only one.

The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar morghulis.