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

A man who won’t listen can’t hear.”

Laughter is poison to fear.

“The High Septon once told me that as we sin, so do we suffer. If that’s true, Lord Eddard, tell me … why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?

We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

“Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them,”