844 Quotes by George R. R. Martin

We only make peace with our enemies. That's why it's called making peace.

There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today.

Whenever I switch from one character to another, there's always a few days where I really struggle because I'm changing voices and I'm changing ways of looking at the world. I'm not just flicking a switch; it's harder process than that.

They were never my pack, not even Hot Pie and Gendry. I was stupid to think so, just a stupid little girl, and no wolf at all.

It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.

Love is madness, and lust is poison.

Ser Jaime?" Even in soiled pink satin and torn lace, Brienne looked more like a man in a gown than a proper woman."I am grateful, but...you were well away. Why come back?" A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. "I dreamed of you," he said.

I heard of a man who had a razor made of Valyrian steel. He cut his head off trying to shave.

Ten years from now, no one is going to care how quickly the books came out. The only thing that will matter, the only thing anyone will remember, is how good they were. That's my main concern, and always will be.