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#1

“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: love, mormont

#2

“What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms . . . or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

2510 likes

#3

“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: friendship, loneliness

3032 likes

#4

“If I look back I am lost.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

1578 likes

#5

“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: game-of-thrones, george-r-r-martin, song-of-ice-and-fire, tyrion-lannister

2044 likes

#6

“Nothing burns like the cold.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: burn, cold, winter

1480 likes

#7

“Laughter is poison to fear.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: a-game-of-thrones, catelyn-stark, fear, george-r-r-martin, happiness, laughter, poison, wise

1380 likes

#8

“Life is not a song, sweetling.
Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

975 likes

#9

“The things I do for love.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: irony

708 likes

#10

“A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: inspiration, obstacles, trying

711 likes

#11

“The man who fears losing has already lost.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: fear

746 likes

#12

“There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

555 likes

#13

“You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you...”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: family, sisters

526 likes

#14

“A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: choice, honor, life

362 likes

#15

“Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with your mouth. Smell with your nose. Feel with your skin. Then comes the thinking, afterward, and in that way knowing the truth.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

326 likes

#16

“Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature. -- Lyanna”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

326 likes

#17

“I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: catelyn-stark, love, sad

299 likes

#18

“She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

272 likes

#19

“When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," she said sadly. "When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before." -Daenerys Targaryen”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: dany, game-of-thrones

380 likes

#20

“A true man does what he will, not what he must.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

216 likes

#21

“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?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

183 likes

#22

“A man who won't listen can't hear.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

188 likes

#23

“Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

160 likes

#24

“You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

151 likes

#25

“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.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

159 likes

#26

“She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: arya-stark, fathers-and-daughters, game-of-thrones

107 likes

#27

“And when you have it, what then? Some secrets are safer kept hidden. Some secrets are too dangerous to share, even with those you love and trust.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

77 likes

#28

“...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: grief, mind

83 likes

#29

“The old man laid a withered, spotted hand on his shoulder. "It hurts, boy," he said softly. "Oh, yes. Choosing . . . it has always hurt. And always will. I know.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

47 likes

#30

“In life, the monsters win.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

56 likes

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