A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Quotes

“A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“The snail may leave a trail of slime behind him, but a little slime will do a man no harm, while if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“And the crow once called the raven black.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Oak and iron, guard me well, or else I'm dead, and doomed to hell.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“all men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“How many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have? A thousand eyes and one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Some words are wind, ser. Some are treason.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Hard things only grow harder if you put them off.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Pain was as much a part of knighthood as were swords and shields.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Never refuse a cup of wine or a horn of ale,” Ser Arlan had once told him, “it may be a year before you see another.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“The summers have been shorter since the last dragon died, and the winters longer and crueler.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Better a beggar than a thief.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Reading books by candlelight will make you blind."

"I need the candlelight to see the words, ser."

"Do you want a clout in the ear?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“I dreamed of you and a dead dragon, Egg's brother Daeron said to him. A great beast, huge, with wings so large they could cover this meadow. It had fallen on top of you, but you were alive and the dragon was dead.

And so he was, poor Baelor. Dreams were a treacherous ground on which to build.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“My brothers have my measure when it comes to fighting and dancing and thinking and reading books, but none of them is half my equal at lying insensible in the mud.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Even a hedge knight has his honor.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“We are one. Man, horse, lance, we are one beast of blood and wood and iron.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“One foe at a time, that was what the old man always said.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“The sword was not the kingdom, he says.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Why give a horse to a man who cannot ride?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Trueborn children are made in a marriage bed and blessed by the Father and the Mother, but bastards are born of lust and weakness.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“An honorable death is well and good, but if the life at stake is not your own, what then?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Would you rather die with honor intact or live with it besmirched?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Look or be devoured.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Every boy dreams of serving in the Kingsguard.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Sometimes it seemed as though he’d thumped his head on half the doors in Westeros, not to mention every beam in every inn from Dorne up to the Neck.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“But peasant's pride is lordling's shame.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms