Faith is like porridge. Better with milk and honey. George R. R. Martin More Quotes by George R. R. Martin More Quotes From George R. R. Martin And who are you, the proud Lord said that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws. And, mine are as long and sharp, my Lord as long and sharp as yours. And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that Lord of Castamere, but now the rains weep o'er his hall, with no one there to hear. Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall, and not a soul to hear. George R. R. Martin cat rain long Pyp had stabbed a turnip with his knife. "The night is dark and full of turnips," he announced in a solemn voice. "Let us all pray for venison, my children, with some onions and a bit of tasty gravy. George R. R. Martin dark night children Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had told him. "They won't dance for coins, they don't care how your style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man. George R. R. Martin wall kings mean Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you. George R. R. Martin over-you hurt wind I have a hole where my heart should be, she thought, and nowhere else to go. George R. R. Martin holes my-heart heart And when you have it, what then? Some secrets are safer kept hidden. Some secrets are too dangerous to share, even with those you love and trust. George R. R. Martin love-and-trust secret share Tyrion wondered what it would be like to have a twin, and decided that he would rather not know. Bad enough to face himself in a looking glass every day. George R. R. Martin glasses would-be faces In my dreams, I kill him every night,' Robert admitted. 'A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves'. George R. R. Martin targaryens dream night You've got a bold tongue, little man. One day, someone is like to cut it out and make you eat it. George R. R. Martin cutting one-day men Valar Morghulis - All men must die. George R. R. Martin winter-is-coming dies men He did not know which was more painful, the waking or the sleeping. When he slept, he dreamed: dark disturbing dreams of blood and broken promises. When he woke, there was nothing to do but think, and his waking thoughts were worse than nightmares. George R. R. Martin dark dream sleep She was no stranger to waiting, after all. Her man had always made her wait. George R. R. Martin stranger waiting men In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining. George R. R. Martin knights song beautiful I am doing the right thing, he told himself, so why do I feel so bad? George R. R. Martin right-thing doing-the-right-thing feels The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life George R. R. Martin great-things reading The best calumnies are spiced with truth. George R. R. Martin calumny I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence. George R. R. Martin questioning existence honor Books are dead men talking. George R. R. Martin talking men book A crown should not sit easy on the head. George R. R. Martin crowns should easy I dreamed... in the black of night a man asks all the questions he dare not ask by daylight. For me, the past years, only one question has remained. Why would the gods take my eyes and my strength, yet condemn me to linger on so long, frozen and forgotten? What use could they have for an old done man like me? ... I remember, Sam. I still remember. Remember what? Dragons, Aemon whispered. George R. R. Martin eye night past