The only game. The game of thrones. George R. R. Martin More Quotes by George R. R. Martin More Quotes From George R. R. Martin Men see what they expect to see. George R. R. Martin men The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless. George R. R. Martin weary sea The worst isn't done. The worst is just beginning, and there are no happy endings. (Samuel Tarly) George R. R. Martin happy-endings worst done Jon Snow: I'm not afraid to die. Mormont: Nor life, I hope. George R. R. Martin jon-snow not-afraid snow 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. George R. R. Martin thrones games moving But a voice inside her whispered, There are no heroes, and she remembered what Lord Petyr had said to her, here in this very hall. 'Life is not a song, sweetling,' he'd told her, 'You may learn that one day to your sorrow.' In life, the monsters win, she told herself. George R. R. Martin hero winning song I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. George R. R. Martin flatterer fool What was it Catelyn Stark had called them, that night at Bitterbridge? The knights of summer. And now it was autumn and they were falling like leaves. George R. R. Martin autumn summer fall I am only a little lion, child, and I vow, I shall not savage you. George R. R. Martin savages lions children Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him. George R. R. Martin desert doors men Jon lied ... loudly, as if that could make it true. George R. R. Martin lied ifs A mad man sees what he sees. George R. R. Martin mad-men mad men There are things to be learned even from the dead. George R. R. Martin Perhaps I will die too, she told herself, and the thought did not seem so terrible to her. If she flung herself from the window, she could put an end to her suffering, and in the years to come the singers would write songs of her grief. Her body would lie on the stones below, broken and innocent, shaming all those who had betrayed her. Sansa went so far as to cross the bedchamber and throw open the shutters ... but then her courage left her, and she ran back to her bed, sobbing. George R. R. Martin grief song lying Nothing. My father is very good at doing nothing. He calls it thinking. George R. R. Martin doing-nothing father thinking 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. George R. R. Martin storm ice wind It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish. George R. R. Martin foolish Robert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease. Do you want to be loved, Sansa?” “Everyone wants to be loved.” “I see flowering hasn’t made you any brighter,” said Cersei. “Sansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same. George R. R. Martin brother love-is sweet The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont George R. R. Martin helping people world She could not bear to look at him just now. If she did, she might well slap him again. Or cry. Or kiss him. And never know which was right and which was wrong and which was madness. George R. R. Martin kissing might looks