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

by George R.R. Martin

All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.”

In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.

Gendry looked almost a man grown, and dangerous. Hot Pie looked like Hot Pie.

time slept when swords woke.

Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.

Perhaps he should have lied, and told her what she wanted to hear, but Davos was too accustomed to speaking truth.

the trick of looking and seeing what was there.

If you do shit gold, Father, find a privy and get busy,

“A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife,” Ygritte told him, “but no man can own both.

Jaime made himself smile, the way he used to smile when nothing in the world could frighten him.

If help was coming, it would not come today.