If I die, I die friendless and abandoned. What choice did that leave him, but to live? George R. R. Martin More Quotes by George R. R. Martin More Quotes From George R. R. Martin When you play a game of thrones you win or you die. George R. R. Martin icegameswinning It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones. George R. R. Martin thronesgamesplay 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 eyeherocharacter 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 eyewritingorder 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 rewardsshould-havedoe 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 horsefatemother Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones? George R. R. Martin sufferinggamesplay a man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say. George R. R. Martin trustedhatemen All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns. George R. R. Martin crownsfoolmen Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward. George R. R. Martin battlewantmen 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 kingsshould-havehands If I look back I am lost. George R. R. Martin ifslostlooks Love is madness, and lust is poison. George R. R. Martin poisonlustlove-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-armormovingthinking I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings. George R. R. Martin endlessstoriesnumbers 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 firedarknight 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 littlestryingpeople 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 steelfireson 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. George R. R. Martin careersdifferentneeds
