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

by George R.R. Martin

Everyone wants something, Alayne. And when you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.”

which is more dangerous, the dagger brandished by an enemy, or the hidden one pressed to your back by someone you never even see?”

One reached Stannis, though. One found Dragonstone, and a king who still cared.