A Game of Thrones Quotes

“Sam loved to listen to music and make his own songs, to wear soft velvets, to play in the castle kitchen beside the cooks, drinking in the rich smells as he snitched lemon cakes and blueberry tarts. His passions were books and kittens and dancing, clumsy as he was.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“You win or you die.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The septons preach about the seven hells. What do they know? Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like"
...She was sad for him, she realized. Somehow, the fear had gone away.
The silence went on and on, so long that she began to grow afraid once more, but she was afraid for him now, not for herself. She found his massive shoulder with her hand. "He was no true knight," she whispered to him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Catelyn wanted to run to him, to kiss his sweet brow, to wrap him in her arms so tightly that he would never come to harm....”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“How do you fight someone if you can't hit them?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“So if you must hate, Arya, hate those who would truly do us harm”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Everything Syrio Forel had ever taught her vanished in a heartbeat. In that instant of sudden terror, the only lesson Arya could remember was the one Jon Snow had given her, the very first.

She stuck him with the pointy end, driving the blade upward with a wild, hysterical strength.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“It's not," Mormont told him. "Gods save us, boy, you're not blind and you're not stupid. When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Tell Robb that I'm going to command the Night's Watch and keep him safe, so he might as well take up needlework with the girls and have Mikken melt down his sword for horseshoes.
- Jon Snow”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I made no threats, that was a promise.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“El hombre que dicta la sentencia debe blandir la espada. Si le vas a quitar la vida a un hombre, tienes un deber para con él, y es mirarlo a los ojos y escuchar sus últimas palabras. Si no soportas eso, quizá es que ese hombre no merece morir".”
― George R.R. Martin, Juego de tronos

“A thousand deaths would still be less than he deserves.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Robb: Uncle Benjen said to send you to the stables if I saw you.
Jon: I have one more farewell to make.
Robb: Then I haven't seen you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“She remembered the godswood, drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of her brother’s laughter as he chased her through piles of damp leaves.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Catelyn had never liked this godswood.

She had been born a Tully, at Riverrun far to the south, on the Red Fork of the Trident. The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The gold of a lowland lord is as worthless as a half man's promises'' Gunthor said.

''Half a man I may be'' Tyrion said. ''Yet I have the courage to face my enemies. What do the Stone Crows do, but hide behind rocks and shiver with fear as the knights of the Vale ride by?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Why does a bear shit in the woods? he demanded. Because it is his nature. Lying comes as easily as breathing to a man like Littlefinger. You ought to know that, you of all people.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes.”
― George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Stories wait, my little lord, and when you come back to them, why, there they are,”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Older than sin and twice as mean”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Cuando se juega al juego de tronos, solo se puede ganar o morir.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“A child sees an obstacle, and his first thought is to run around it or knock it down. A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“None of us is ever ready”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“A fool more foolish than most had once jested that even Lord Tywin’s shit was flecked with gold. Some said the man was still alive, deep in the bowels of Casterly Rock.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“My words lied.My eyes and my arm shouted out the truth,but you were not seeing.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Desmond ushered the man inside. He was stooped and ugly, with an unkempt beard and unwashed clothes, yet Father greeted him pleasantly and asked his name.

“Yoren, as it please m’lord. My pardons for the hour.” He bowed to Arya. “And this must be your son. He has your look.”

“I’m a girl,” Arya said, exasperated. If the old man was down from the Wall, he must have come by way of Winterfell. “Do you know my brothers?” she asked excitedly. “Robb and Bran are at Winterfell, and Jon’s on the Wall. Jon Snow, he’s in the Night’s Watch too, you must know him, he has a direwolf, a white one with red eyes. Is Jon a ranger yet? I’m Arya Stark.” The old man in his smelly black clothes was looking at her oddly, but Arya could not seem to stop talking. “When you ride back to the Wall, would you bring Jon a letter if I wrote one?” She wished Jon were here right now. He’d believe her about the dungeons and the fat man with the forked beard and the wizard in the steel cap.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy."
-Roose Bolton”
― George Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Be certain,” Catelyn told her son, “or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Robb-these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones