Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.

Disease could wipe out an army quicker than any battle.

Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.