844 Quotes by George R. R. Martin

Sometimes there is no happy choice, Sam, only one less grievous than the others. - Jon Snow

The more people you love, the weaker you are.

The worst isn't done. The worst is just beginning, and there are no happy endings. (Samuel Tarly)

Arya lifted her gaze from the dead man and his dead dog. Jaqen H'ghar was leaning up against the side of the Wailing Tower. When he saw her looking, he lifted a hand to his face and laid two fingers casually against his cheek.

All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces. (a servant in the House of Black and White)

The pale pink light of dawn sparkled on branch and leaf and stone. Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond. Flowers and mushrooms alike wore coats of glass. Even the mud puddles had a bright brown sheen. Through the shimmering greenery, the black tents of his brothers were encased in a fine glaze of ice. So there is magic beyond the Wall after all.

Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means for us to eat them.

What do you like to do?” She scuffed a toe amongst the rushes. “Needlework.” “Very restful, isn’t it?” “Well,” said Arya, “not the way I do it.

Black moleskin gloves covered his hands; the right because it was burned, the left because a man felt half a fool wearing only one glove.