Author
George R.R. Martin
10 quotes Popular first.
- “It's dangerous being free, but most come to like the taste o' it”— George R.R. MartinContext:Ygritte to John SnowSource:A Storm of Swords
- “Bran thought about it. "Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?"
That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him.”— George R.R. MartinContext:Bran I. It’s like the first chapter and perhaps the best quote of the whole sagaSource:A Game of Thrones - “War makes monsters of us all.”— George R.R. MartinContext:Thoros of Myr to Brienne of TarthSource:A Feast for Crows
- “Sleep is good,” he said. “And books are better.”— George R.R. MartinContext:Tyrion Lannister to Alayaya the prostituteSource:A Clash of Kings
- “Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them.””— George R.R. MartinContext:Jaime Lannister, thinking to himself whilst smiling knowinglySource:A Storm of Swords
- “It all goes back and back. To our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance on in our steads.”— George R.R. MartinContext:Tyrion Lannister, in his head while meeting with the Red Viper Oberyn MartellSource:A Storm of Swords
- “A man must know how to look before he can hope to see.”— George R.R. MartinContext:Bloodraven to Bran StarkSource:A Dance With Dragons
- “Let me give you some advice, b-----d. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor. And it can never be used to hurt you.”— George R.R. MartinContext:Tyrion Lannister to Jon SnowSource:A Game of Thrones
- “I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.”— George R.R. MartinContext:Rodrik the Reader to Asha GreyjoySource:A Feast for Crows
- “Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.”— George R.R. MartinContext:Victarion Greyjoy, the Iron CaptainSource:A Feast for Crows