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That is how it is when a man grows as old as Pycelle. Everything you see or hear reminds you of something you saw or heard when you were young.

Men with comfortable seats were more inclined to listen, Maester Aemon had once told him; standing men are more inclined to shout.

Proud men might shout that they would sooner die free than live as slaves, but pride was cheap. When the steel struck the flint, such men were rare as dragon’s teeth; elsewise the world would not have been so full of slaves. There has never been a slave who did not choose to be a slave, the dwarf reflected. Their choice may be between bondage and death, but the choice is always there.

Cunt again? It was odd how men like Suggs used that word to demean women when it was the only part of a woman they valued.

The most insidious thing about bondage was how easy it was to grow accustomed to it.

Victarion Greyjoy mistrusted laughter. The sound of it always left him with the uneasy feeling that he was the butt of some jape he did not understand.

Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.

the more effortless the sorcery appears, the more men fear the sorcerer.

It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.