A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

by George R.R. Martin

Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.”

“Shadows are friends to men in black,”

he was not a man whose knees bent easily, that’s true.

him, softer than a whisper, but strong too. Can a shout be silent?

I like it in the dark. No one can see you, but you can see them.

“He was a child. I could have frightened him into silence.”

Cersei having stronger morals than jaime is crazy

“Why must I suffer accusations every time some Stark stubs his toe?

In formal battle, discipline is more important than courage.

Men fight more fiercely for a king who shares their peril than one who hides behind his mother’s skirts.”

“He doesn’t have a cock.” “Neither do you.” And don’t you just hate that, Cersei?

That worm between your legs does half your thinking.”

His belly felt as if it were full of eels.

What sort of man do you take me for?” “A small and twisted one.”

If she thinks me such a monster, I’ll play the part for her.

“Dare? I’ll do it myself.”

Holy

A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you’ll know the debt is paid.”

I am become a sour woman,

Theon Greyjoy has mounted their heads on the walls of Winterfell. Theon Greyjoy, who ate at my table since he was a boy of ten.”

I often sent away her maid so I could brush her hair myself.

Forbid her anything and it became her heart’s desire.

She collected scabs as other girls collect dolls,

Ned always said that the man who passes the sentence should swing the blade,

and for me, all hours are midnight.”

Glinting gold in the lamplight, the whiskers made him look like some great yellow beast, magnificent even in chains.

“I see you had no taste for the wine I sent you.” “Such sudden generosity seemed somewhat suspect.”

“Are my bracelets heavy enough for you, or did you come to add a few more? I’ll rattle them prettily if you like.”

“A man chained hand and foot should keep a more courteous tongue in his mouth, ser.

“If you said that in my son’s hearing, he would kill you for it.” “Only so long as I was wearing these.” Jaime Lannister rattled his chains at her. “We both know the boy is afraid to face me in single combat.”

“Did the old Kings of Winter hide behind their mothers’ skirts as well?”

“If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?”

“There are no men like me. There’s only me.”

“Captives do not set prices.”

“Oh, it’s truth you want? Be careful, my lady. Tyrion says that people often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.”

“Are you Joffrey’s father?” “You would never ask unless you knew the answer.”

“I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.”

Believe what you will, Lady Stark, but if I had wanted your Bran dead I would have slain him myself.”

“Now there’s a niggardly response.

Wth

“To Aerys Targaryen, the Second of His Name, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm. And to the sword that opened his throat. A golden sword, don’t you know. Until his blood ran red down the blade. Those are the Lannister colors, red and gold.”

“That name again. I don’t think I’ll fuck you after all, Littlefinger had you first, didn’t he? I never eat off another man’s trencher. Besides, you’re not half so lovely as my sister.”

“I’ve never lain with any woman but Cersei. In my own way, I have been truer than your Ned ever was. Poor old dead Ned. So who has shit for honor now, I ask you? What was the name of that bastard he fathered?”

Ate

He only wished he had killed him cleaner.

Ned Stark had never needed more than a single blow to take a man’s head.

“I saw the heads above your gates. Tell me true, which one gave you the fiercest fight, the cripple or the babe?”

“When has a maid ever understood a man’s need for revenge?”

“You ought to know, that’s the ugliest crown I’ve ever laid eyes on. Did you make it yourself?”

LMAO

I know many a man, and many a man knows Reek.”

“Two hundred men and she’s yours. But a man less and you can go back to fucking pigs.”

Theon woke with a scream, startling Wex so badly that the boy ran naked from the room.

He sent for Kyra, kicked shut the door, climbed on top of her, and fucked the wench with a fury he’d never known was in him. By the time he finished, she was sobbing, her neck and breasts covered with bruises and bite marks. Theon shoved her from the bed and threw her a blanket. “Get out.”

Ugh

If we’d said they were rams’ heads, they would have seen horns.