A Song of Ice and Fire, 5-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons (Song of Ice & Fire 1-5)

by George R.R. Martin

Promise me, she had cried, in a room that smelled of blood and roses. Promise me, Ned. The fever had taken her strength and her voice had been faint as a whisper, but when he gave her his word, the fear had gone out of his sister’s eyes.

Lannister studied his face. “Yes,” he said. “I can see it. You have more of the north in you than your brothers.”

Interesting anecdote.

Lannister said. “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”

“Never ask me about Jon,” he said, cold as ice. “He is my blood, and that is all you need to know. And now I will learn where you heard that name, my lady.”

I can see him still. Even his sword was gilded. He was seated on the Iron Throne, high above his knights, wearing a helm fashioned in the shape of a lion’s head.

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mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”

Tyrion

In his dreams, she was beautiful, and highborn, and her eyes were kind.

Jon's dreams of his mother.

Let them see that their words can cut you, and you’ll never be free of the mockery.

Any village smith can hammer out a shirt of mail; my work is art.”

Jaime Lannister poked at Ned’s chest with the gilded sword that

Ser Jorah snorted. “Viserys

Cersei insisted. “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.”

“Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.”

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“The time for that is past, my lady,” Mirri said. “All I can do now is ease the dark road before him, so he might ride painless to the night lands. He will be gone by morning.”