I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. George R. R. Martin More Quotes by George R. R. Martin More Quotes From George R. R. Martin I like dogs better than knights. A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face. He cupped her under the jaw, raising her chin, his fingers pinchingher painfully. And that's more than little birds can do, isn't it? I never got my song. George R. R. Martin dog song lying When you play a game of thrones you win or you die. George R. R. Martin ice games winning It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones. George R. R. Martin thrones games play We're all the heroes of our own stories. So, when I am inside the head of a character who would otherwise be considered a villain, I have a great deal of affection for that character and I'm trying to see the world and the events through their eyes. George R. R. Martin eye hero character In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards, nasty, twisted, deeply flawed human beings with serious psychological problems. Even them. When I get inside their skin and look out through their eyes, I have to feel a certain - if not sympathy, certainly empathy for them. I have to try to perceive the world as they do, and that creates a certain amount of affection. George R. R. Martin eye writing order A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward. George R. R. Martin rewards should-have doe It was a cruel fate, Yet not so cruel as Mago's will be. I promise you that, by the old gods and the new, by the lamb god and the horse god and every god that lives. I swear by the Mother of Mountains and the Womb of the World. Before I am done with them, Mago and Ko Jhaqo will plead for the mercy they showed Eroeh. George R. R. Martin horse fate mother Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones? George R. R. Martin suffering games play a man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say. George R. R. Martin trusted hate men All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns. George R. R. Martin crowns fool men Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward. George R. R. Martin battle want men I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm’s End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest.” He looked at Jaime defiantly. “I will defend King Tommen with all my strength, I swear it. I will give my life for his if need be. But I will never betray Renly, by word or deed. He was the king that should have been. He was the best of them. George R. R. Martin kings should-have hands If I look back I am lost. George R. R. Martin ifs lost looks Love is madness, and lust is poison. George R. R. Martin poison lust love-is 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. George R. R. Martin suits-of-armor moving thinking I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings. George R. R. Martin endless stories numbers Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more. George R. R. Martin fire dark night Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad. George R. R. Martin littles trying people I’d be anonymous. That’s what I’d do differently. George R. R. Martin Little redcape," he snarled, "when next you bare steel on Shagga son of Dolf, I will chop off your manhood and roast it in the fire." "What, no goats?" Tyrion said, taking a bite of his cheese. George R. R. Martin steel fire son
