A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

by George R.R. Martin

“Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.”

The world was simpler in those days, Jaime thought, and men as well as swords were made of finer steel. Or was it only that he had been fifteen?

You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be,