Clash Of Kings Quotes & Sayings

I am not without mercy, thundered he who was notoriously without mercy. — George R R Martin

My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish — George R R Martin

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves.
- Lord Commander Mormont — George R R Martin

Your wolves have more wit than your maester," the wildling woman said. "They know truths the grey man has forgotten." The way she said it made him shiver, and when he asked what the comet meant, she answered, "Blood and fire, boy, and nothing sweet. — George R R Martin

I will say, I think it odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act. — George R R Martin

What is dead may never die," Theon said remembering,
"What is dead may never die," his uncle echoed, "but rises again, harder and stronger. Stand. — George R R Martin

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys) — George R R Martin

If any man tries to stop us, cut him down. — George R R Martin

Many called her beautiful. She was not beautiful. She was red, and terrible, and red. — George R R Martin

Catelyn dreamt that Bran was whole again, that Arya and Sansa held hands, that Rickon was still a babe at her breast. Robb, crownless, played with a wooden sword, and when all were safe asleep, she found Ned in her bed, smiling — George R R Martin

And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black. — George R R Martin

Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the queen. They had repaid that love and trust with her father's head. Sansa would never make that mistake again. — George R R Martin

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. - Tyrion — George R R Martin

...seeing everything, yet a part of nothing. — George R R Martin

He found Podrick Payne asleep in a chair outside the door of the solar, and shook him by the shoulder. "Summon Bronn, and then tun down to the stables and have two horses saddled." (Tyrion).
The squire's eyes were cloudy with sleep. "Horses". (squire)
"Those big brown animals that love apples, I'm sure you've seen them. Four legs and a tail. But Bronn first." (Tyrion) — George R R Martin

He is no true knight, but he saved me all the same," she told the mother. "Save him if you can, and gentle the rage inside him -Sansa — George R R Martin

The Drowned Gods makes men," old Aaron Redhand said, "thousands of years ago." "But it's men who make crowns. — George R R Martin

It's not Torrhen's Square I mean to take. - Theon Greyjoy — George R R Martin

Look at me!" he would shout as he ran laughing through the halls of Storm's End. "Look at me, I'm a dragon," or "Look at me, I'm a wizard," or "Look at me, look at me, I'm the rain god."
The bold little boy with wild black hair and laughing eyes was a man grown now, one-and-twenty, and still he played his games. Look at me, I'm a king, Cressen thought sadly. — George R R Martin

In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining. — George R R Martin

Watch over my brother, you bloody bastard, he's one of yours.
Tyrion praying to the Warrior — George R R Martin

Bran knew that men slept on top of women when they shared a bed. Sleeping under Lord Manderly would be like sleeping under a fallen horse, he imagined. — George R R Martin

It's Magic, you see. It's justice you hold. It's vengeance for your father. It's home. — George R R Martin

I could keep you safe," he rasped. "They're all afraid of me. No one would hurt you again, or I'd kill them -Sandor Clegane — George R R Martin

If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him
valar morghulis.
Jaqen H'ghar, A Clash of Kings — George R R Martin

It is real, all of it, he thought, the wars, the intrigues, the great bloody game, and me in the center of it ... me, the dwarf, the monster, the one they scorned and laughed at, but now i hold it all, the power, the city, the girl. this was what i was made for, and gods forgive me, but i do love it ... and her. and her. (tyrion lannister) — George R R Martin

To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow. — George R R Martin

The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware. — George R R Martin

Arya did not dare [take a bath], even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn't seem right to drown them. — George R R Martin

Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, King Joffrey, Queen Cersei." - Arya Stark, A Clash of Kings — George R R Martin

It was one thing to go into battle with friends, and another to perish alone and despised. — George R R Martin

The Lord of Winterfell would always be a Stark — George R R Martin

Love was a surer route to the people's loyalty than fear — George R R Martin

I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. — George R R Martin

Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons - as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with — George R R Martin