Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.

Vengeance is a fleeting thrill. The doubts, we carry to our graves.

Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion.

Few indeed are those who get a choice. We do as we are told. We stand or fall beside those who were born near to us, who look as we do, who speak the same words, and all the while we know as little of the reasons why as does the dust we return to.

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Those with the least always lose the most in war.

I'm a fucking coward.""Maybe." Craw jerked his thumb over his shoulder at Whirrun's corpse. "There's a hero. Tell me who's better off.

So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero.

I've made peace with myself.""Good for you. That's the hardest war of all to win.""Didn't say I won. Just stopped fighting.