Know the men who follow you and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger. George R. R. Martin More Quotes by George R. R. Martin More Quotes From George R. R. Martin Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man. George R. R. Martin knives giving men I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains. George R. R. Martin hero character long Those are brave men... lets go kill them George R. R. Martin brave letting-go men I wonder what the High Septon would have to say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed to your chest? George R. R. Martin drunk wall wonder Nothing burns like the cold. George R. R. Martin cool-weather cold winter I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it? George R. R. Martin grieving character book We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky. George R. R. Martin lucky ends song Not all men were meant to dance with dragons. George R. R. Martin dragons men Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears. George R. R. Martin leadership kings men You would consider me an atheist or agnostic. I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn’t the end and there’s something more, but I can’t convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever. George R. R. Martin spirituality atheist believe Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty. George R. R. Martin duty honor love-is Only the soldier pines and sentinels still showed green; the broadleaf trees had donned mantles of russet and gold, or else uncloaked themselves to scratch against the sky with branches brown and bare. George R. R. Martin soldier sky tree What do we say to the Lord of Death?" "Not today. George R. R. Martin lord today An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small. George R. R. Martin kissing kindness littles As we sin, so do we suffer George R. R. Martin sin suffering I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working with other writers, as in Hollywood or in a shared world series, will also strengthen your skills, by exposing you to new ways of seeing the work, and different approaches to certain creative challenges. George R. R. Martin skills writing believe A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot. George R. R. Martin accomplish lord sometimes 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) George R. R. Martin confused games moving We look at mountains and call them eternal, and they seem... but in the course of time, mountains rise and fall, rivers change their courses, starts fall from the sky, and great cities sink beneath the sea. Even gods die, we think. Everything changes. George R. R. Martin sea fall thinking Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question: What was Aragorn’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles? George R. R. Martin kings wise baby
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