Quotes on Song Of Ice And Fire

There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today.

History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.

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.

For they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.” “What . . . what game?” “The only game. The game of thrones.” -(Littlefinger)

Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.

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.

Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.

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.

Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water.

The man who never reads lives only one.

I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.

In the game of thrones, even the humblest pieces can have wills of their own. Sometimes they refuse to make the moves you've planned for them.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

You could make a poultice out of mud to cool a fever. You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop to feed your children. Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time.

A Lannister always pays his debts.

Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?