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I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out?
Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.
There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.
They were never my pack, not even Hot Pie and Gendry. I was stupid to think so, just a stupid little girl, and no wolf at all.
One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.
Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love.
That man said he’d take your head too.” “Well, as to that,” Yoren said, “if he can get it off my shoulders, he’s welcome to it.
My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.
If I wanted to honor you, I´d let you retire. I am planing to make you run the kingdom and fight the wars while I eat and drink
I worked out of Hollywood for 10 years and I had my heart broken half a dozen times, so I know all the things that can go wrong.
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.
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.
I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps.
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.
If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life?" - Qyburn
You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you.
One of your northmen hit me with a morningstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse. (Tyrion)
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.
Have a care how you speak to me, Imp. Doubtless he meant to sound threatening, but that absurd wisp of a mustache ruined the effect.
Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.
When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone.
My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.
I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have a contract.
Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.
I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another book.
You promised him vengeance as well.' 'I promised him justice.' 'Call it what you will. It still comes down to blood." - Tywin & Tyrion
Robb: Uncle Benjen said to send you to the stables if I saw you. Jon: I have one more farewell to make. Robb: Then I haven't seen you.
...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.
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.
The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont
'Rome' was one of my favourite shows, and I wish HBO had given it three more seasons 'cause I would have loved to continue watching it.
Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.
Jon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister.
Sure. Some of the reviews have been very flattering, but the series is not finished yet. The end needs to be as strong as the beginning.
Tyrion: My gentle sister seems to have mistaken me for Ned Stark. Bronn: I hear he was taller. Tyrion: Not after Joff took off his head.
I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off.
Black moleskin gloves covered his hands; the right because it was burned, the left because a man felt half a fool wearing only one glove.
Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.
I watch NFL football on Sundays. I enjoy gaming with friends, meaning role-playing games; I still enjoy going to conventions and traveling.
You look pale, Sansa," Cersei observed. "Is your red flower still blooming?" "Yes" "How apt. The men will bleed out there, and you in here.
I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. (Sansa) No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves. (Tyrion) Lions, she whispered without thinking.
You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.
The choice is yours, brother. Live a thrall or die a king. Do you dare to fly? Unless you take the leap, you’ll never know." - Euron Greyjoy
It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs.
There has never been a slave who did not choose to be a slave. Their choice may be between bondage and death, but the choice is always there.
For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.
He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. "A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule.
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.
Start trying to work out who deserves what, and before long you'll spend the rest of your days weeping for each and every person in the world.
Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.