We're lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens.
George Martin
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DON LECHNER Our lucky day didn't work out so well last time. They had their own lucky charm.
BRIAN HARRIGAN We had some lucky breaks and some bad luck.
AI MIYAZATO It was a real positive event. We were real lucky, considering we got rained on.
CHARLTON YOUNG I got a lucky bounce on the first one, and I got lucky on the second one, too. I think I've been get...
MATT BRADLEY We were lucky with the injuries to the bowlers. We knew they had to use their remaining frontline bo...
HEATH STREAK We were lucky with the injuries to the bowlers, ... We knew they had to use their remaining frontlin...
HEATH STREAK Gulf Coast played tremendous. They got some great individual performances from Ray Bailey and Robert...
GREG HEIAR Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky.
DR. SEUSS We were lucky down here. We could have been a St. Bernard with water up to the (house) eaves.
CHRIS TUCKER I reckon we were lucky to win. Peru had the better chances,
ZHANG NING You could have burning embers all over a neighborhood.
MIKE ERFERT I felt good about where we were at in the first half. We were lucky to be there. They had good looks...
JOHN JONES Everything?s fine. We were lucky, and we were lucky to have that place (the senior center) to go to.
JOHN MCBRIDE I was very pleased and very lucky that the system worked, ... I had lost faith in that.
ROBERT BLAKE We feel very lucky. Three people in the house and three of us lived.
JANELLE BERRY We were really lucky,
ROB COHEN Johnny Pesky always said I would rather be lucky than good. We were lucky against California and not...
BOB STANLEY We were well in control of the flow. We had a ton of chances, but we couldn't finish. We were not lu...
DENNIS DERFLINGER Cedar Ridge played their butts off tonight. We were lucky to get the win.
GEORGE ROBINSON Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pre...
ERICA JONG Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pre...
ERICA JONG We were lucky to be as close as we were, for shooting 33 percent. We played hard, but we didn't play...
HERBERT GREENE We were very lucky, the both of us, ... It just started raining just after my run.
JENSON BUTTON If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more tha...
S.E. HINTON We were lucky because of the tunnel.
IVAN STANIC Don is our George Martin,
DARIUS RUCKER I was real lucky and real blessed.
ANDRAY BLATCHE It was only a matter of time. We've had good teams for the past few years, we just haven't been luck...
HOWARD ASHBROOK Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel... City of Night?
JIM MORRISON I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
KATE MIDDLETON We should all be so lucky to walk through this world with the pride, sincerity and dignity that Emor...
CONNIE HUNT I was surprised by that. Their front line is very good. They (Central) just had an off night. They a...
FRED RAKERS We were lucky. The kids bought in to the changes early on.
JEFF HEIN I was lucky I was never bullied at school - I had a great gang of friends.
EOIN COLFER We were extremely lucky with this storm.
CECIL LOGAN I got lucky. I just got some cuts and bruises.
ABRAHAM HAN We just knew that if we were going to do it, we would have to do it on the road. Some way, we had to...
ANDRE TIPPETT We were a little bit lucky today but we were so unlucky in the last race,
KIMI RAIKKONEN It bounced around the rim three times, probably hit every part of the rim and then went in. This tim...
AL EDWARDS (Michael) Vaughan is lucky that Gilchrist has not shone with the bat. We were also similarly lucky i...
SOURAV GANGULY I lost the puck. Somehow I got it back and was able to get it in. Sometimes you just get lucky.
JARKKO RUUTU Every year we've had some guy who could slam it in there, ... We've been lucky.
BILL BEATTIE We were lucky to get out when we did.
DOUG GAY We were lucky it happened during the daytime. The smoke detectors never went off - they just melted....
DARRELL MAYS It was disappointing. We came out flat and we were lucky to get the tie. We can't play that way. We ...
DAVE FALKENBERG In that match we played well but we were also a bit lucky.
OTTO REHHAGEL [Rivertown Repertory Theatre in Kenner came out ahead, too.] We were lucky, ... We had a little bit ...
CHARLIE WARD In the first half we made too many mistakes. We had those 12 turnovers and honestly, the coaches fel...
JOEL DUNN We don't feel lucky. We capitalized on their mistakes.
DEMORRIO WILLIAMS We got lucky, it's as simple as that. You win some, you lose some. I've seen that shot by Smith go i...
BRAD SODERBERG A lucky situation is one that you put yourself in.
JAMES YAGER We played average. We were lucky to get two out of three. We could have easily lost Saturday's game....
JIM FOSTER We were lucky to have Cal for as long as we did. He's just so busy with everything.
MACK FIELDSTED (Salinas) had some good hits. I also felt they had a lot of lucky hits.
CATHERINE HALLADA We had 8 feet of water in our house. The house may be salvageable, but not likely. We lost everythin...
ALTON JOHNSON There are a lot of people here that lost their homes. We were lucky and spared, but every day you go...
JOEY KERN We have reviewed the tape of the match and there were many situations in which we looked anything bu...
RAYMOND DOMENECH We were very lucky. We're going to be fine.
DAN MALONEY I think our luck has changed. Last year, that shot would have gone in at the end - that's the kind o...
IAN VOUYOUKAS We consider ourselves lucky. Very blessed and lucky.
ELIZABETH SMITH We had some rains about a month ago. We were at the real serious stage where our crops were dying. T...
BOB BOWMAN With a gap in rebounding like that, we were lucky to be close.
AYINDE UBAKA Those who were unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise. The lucky fool might ...
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB He (Ryan Hawn) throws well and we were lucky to hit the ball early and score a couple of runs. We pu...
DAVID TREECE We were lucky to win. LeSueur had a great game. Four points in 10 minutes has to be a record for us.
MUFFET MCGRAW I was lucky because my greenhouse was shielded by my house.
BERYL DAVIS They got lucky. If they were relying on stroke alone for their future, they'd be in trouble.
AMIT HAZAN You're so lucky, lucky, lucky,
ALEX KAPRANOS We were so excited just to get the opportunity, so that was kind of our driving force. We were just ...
LYSSA DENNARD There were five bullet holes in the front window and five bullet holes in the vehicle. There were tw...
CMDR. RASHALL BRACKNEY Some great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I'd p...
STEVE WOZNIAK We lost 12 seniors last year so I didn't know where we were going with our team and how we were goin...
HAMID SIADAT We don't feel lucky. That's football. We capitalized on their mistakes.
DEMORRIO WILLIAMS You just hope that if you play hard that you get the lucky bounces. You have to have some hustle. So...
ERIC VOLBERT We?re extremely lucky right now in that groups are starting to turn our way. One of the reasons is w...
ALLYSON TWIGGS I won't forget when I couldn't go to bed with the lights off
When I heard that voice call me in...
REAL FRIENDS You'll spend every Saturday night on the bathroom floor with no recollection of the night before REAL FRIENDS We were lucky because of the tunnel. Luckily, I was in the last wagon. Those up front were critical.
IVAN STANIC Sure, we got a couple lucky bounces at the end of the game, but we had to put ourselves in a positio...
JOE AUSTIN Life is really a bed of roses, others are just lucky to have friends to help them pick the thorns of...
UNKNOWN We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it'...
TIM RICE We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's...
TIM RICE I had chances before. They just weren't going in. I'm just getting lucky breaks now, that's all it i...
RADIM VRBATA So we had like five screens and people loved it and sent their friends and then the Japanese called ...
LUC BESSON Jason does a good job for us and I think he'll tell you we had some guys up front who were opening u...
DOUG BALDWIN I just got lucky,
ROBERT MILLS We are just all so relieved that nobody got hurt, and no real property damage. We feel real lucky. A...
DEREK BILLINGSLEY It was a lucky win. We weren't very clever in our play but we took our chance.
KLAUS ALLOFS We got some great looks. Nobody was forcing; they were coming within the offense after some good scr...
JEFF MORGAN We were very lucky with the cold temperatures in December. We made snow until we couldn't make snow ...
JAMIE STAFNE We didn't lose the quarterback, therefore we didn't lose the season. We lost a defense end. We were ...
BOB MARKS You're lucky somebody ain't out there to put a bullet in your head.
CHRISTIAN BRANDO I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you a...
BILL WATTERSON The big reason is the shows that we have had the opportunity to host. We were lucky enough to come a...
ANT MCPARTLIN The county's just been really lucky.
ALFRED BEA We were lucky to get any hits. The score really says it all.
JAVELIN ORMOND I think our hitting has been our strong suit so far. We've swung the bats and we've been aggressive....
KEITH LUCKY It's been said the two crimes go together like rats and garbage.
JACK LUCKY About a fourth of them are from out of state. Normally, about one in 25 is from out of state.
JANA LUCKY
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GEORGE MARTIN Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real th...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everyt...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The Bear and the Maiden Fair
A bear there was, a bear, a bear!
All black and b...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When they finally broke apart, Ygritte was flushed. "You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm your...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a lit...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as th...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Fear cuts deeper than swords.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?”
“If you want to conquer the world, you...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never b...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The be...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
"...a ruler who hides behind paid e...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it t...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer and I have my mind...and a mind needs books ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the othe...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh yo...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when the...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is hard to look a hero when mounted on a pig.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Inside the room, a man and a woman were wrestling. They were both naked.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Lord Snow wants to take my place now.' He sneered. 'I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggl...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Those are brave men... lets go kill them
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You were made to be kissed, often and well.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ...How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin?"
"In my own bed, with a belly full of wine a...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And who are you, the proud Lord said
that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different co...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I've lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother. And...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry.
"That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout h...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I’m so tired of being strong. I wan...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN So many vows... they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who fears losing has already lost.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow....
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They hate you because you act like you're better than they are...." "[they are] Four that you humili...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN El que corre por la vida, corre hacia la muerte.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has hi...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A Lannister always pays his debts.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Silver’s sweet and gold’s our mother, but once you’re dead they’re worth less than that last...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What are you doing to me?” he asked the crow, tearful. Teaching you how to fly. “I can’t fly!�...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not te...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," she said sadly. "When the seas go dry and moun...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter f...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is it so far from madness to wisdom?"
- Daenerys Targaryen
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells." --Prince Oberyn o...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was all too much. For a moment Eddard Stark wanted nothing so much as to return to Winterfell, to...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What do we say to the Lord of Death?'
'Not today.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear?
Fear is for the wi...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Valar Morghulis.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. A...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think you...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arm...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never b...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Laughter is poison to fear.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Nothing burns like the cold.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If I look back I am lost.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Winter is coming.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The things I do for love.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are your mother's trueborn son of Lannister."
"Am I?" the dwarf replied, sardonic. "D...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Life is not a song, sweetling.
Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Every flight begins with a fall.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The hotel bar was quiet and dark, with the kind of mood that promotes good talk and serious drinking...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The rat squealed as he bit into it, squirming wildly in his hands, frantic to escape.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: ‘What’s great about...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He found Podrick Payne asleep in a chair outside the door of the solar, and shook him by the shoulde...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No Queen has clean hands.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the qu...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Keep walking. If I look back I am lost.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You know nothing, Jon Snow.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream....
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nost...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A sword needs a sheath, heh, and a wedding needs a bedding.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can make do with seven fingers. Seven is a sacred number.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some woman, no doubt. Most of them are." He favored Jon with a rueful grin. "Remember this, boy. All...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, I think not,” Varys said, swirling the wine in his cup. “Power is a curious thing, my lord. ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on pa...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “E...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has hands like two white spiders.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A son for a son, heh. But that's a grandson...and he never was much use." --Walder Frey
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. I...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon’s gullet.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no sfe way to grasp it.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN In King's Landing there are two sorts of people; the players and the pieces.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained. The Stark colo...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It takes courage to admit fear.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.'
'Girls don't shav...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister.
“Pride?” Catelyn snapp...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—”
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.”
His chains chinked softly. “I...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN