Game of Thrones Quotes that Tell Us the End Before We See It

Game of Thrones has thrown some great quotes at us through the years. So many, that it can be hard to sift the important ones from the less important. But some of the quotes — including a few from the last episode — should have told us the ending before we got to it.

Before I carry on, if you haven’t watched the show or the last episode, please, don’t read on. It will ruin everything. I highly encourage you to clear your schedule and just binge watch everything, them come back and read this and tell me what you think. Seriously, it’s worth the time.

I’m not going to stop the wheel, I’m going to break the wheel.

Daenerys had one vision for the world: freedom from those who grind the lesser people beneath their wheels on the path to more power. She vowed to take what was hers with fire and with blood and to free the world from tyrants.

And she did, even if it made her just another spoke on the wheel to do it.

Despite Dany’s fate, her vision is realized. People who followed her loved her right up until she burned innocent people in King’s Landing, and “Love is more powerful than reason.” They believed in her vision. You couldn’t have asked for a more fitting end to the Game of Thrones than what we received.

I know a killer when I see one.

We all wanted Arya to be the one who killed Dany, but the truth is it never really could be. Drogon was too closely tied to Dany’s emotions for Arya to get close enough to do it. But Arya does tell Jon that Dany is a killer, implying that she is no better than anyone else and if Dany takes the throne, she will kill more people. After the speech Dany just gave, Jon knows Arya is right, but he’s still in denial. Stubborn Stark men!

Even Tyrion asks if it really sounded like she was done fighting, something Jon doesn’t want to admit. But when he confronts Dany, he knows that she will never stop, that she won’t listen to reason because she believes she is right, confirming what Tyrion warned Jon of — that they gave her too much power and made her think that she was doing the right thing. At that moment, Jon accepted what Arya told him, even if it might cost him his life.

Like it or not, he knew he was the only one who could get close enough to do what needed done. He stood in the face of Drogon, prepared to accept his fate.

Jon Snow: “You’re a man now.” Bran: “Almost.”

This one interaction baffled all of us. What did Bran mean, almost? Now we know.

Bran knew what was coming. He knew that he had to wait for the Night King so Arya would come and kill the undead leader. He knew that Jon had to know the truth of who he was, and that he would tell Dany and his sisters. He knew what Dany would do to King’s Landing.

Why do you think I came all the way here?

Bran knew that in the end it would be him taking over. He was not a man yet, but he was almost there. Bran has played the game better than anyone else because no one even suspected he was playing — but he’s been playing since he became the Three-Eyed-Raven.

Bran didn’t have battle experience, but he did have experience in extreme circumstances. And he knows everything. Jon had loads of battle experience, but he knows nothing.

And let’s face it, you can’t stage an uprising against someone who can see everything.

I have a soft spot for Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things.

Tyrion said it in the second season, that he has a weakness for cripples, bastards, and broken things. I just have to make a note of this comment, because this is exactly who takes over when the ash settles.

Cripples: Bran the Broken

Bastards: Jon Snow (because he doesn’t take his true name)

Broken Things: Sansa (because let’s face it, everything that happened to her broke her even if it builds her as something stronger). One could also argue that just about all of the survivors are broken things.

The Lone Wolf Dies, But The Pack Survives

The last of the Starks stuck together, working toward the same goal. And together, the pack survives. Robb and Ned worked without another Stark to support them, and we all know how that ended. Sansa, Bran, Arya, and Jon worked together, and all four survived.

What are some of your favorite quotes from the series that stood out to you by the finale as important? Share them in the comments!