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1 " I have some devotional books you can look over. Learn to quote from them. Nothing discourages unwanted questions as much as a flow of pious bleating.(Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark) "
― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3, Part 2 of 2)
2 " I was very sorry to hear about your losses. Your brother was a terrible traitor, I know, but if we start killing men at weddings they'll be more frightened of marriage than they are presently. (Olenna Tyrell to Sansa Stark "
3 " You are grown so very great now, yet the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall. "
4 " I do so hope he plays us 'The Rains of Castamere.' It has been an hour. I've forgotten how it goes. "
5 " He might as well wish for another thousand men, and maybe a dragon or three. "
6 " Her big hand wrapped tight around Oathkeeper. "I will. And I will find the girl and keep her safe. For her lady mother's sake. And for yours. "
7 " Jaime gave her [Brienne] a hard smile. "See, wench? We know each other too well. "
8 " A valiant deed unsung is no less valiant. "
9 " In King’s Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces. "
10 " So go to sleep, my little Brandon, my baby boy. You needn’t fear. There are no monsters here. "
11 " Any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all. "
12 " Words. Words are wind. - Stannis Baratheon "
13 " The Others never come when the sun is up. "
14 " If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you. "
15 " Robb, listen to me. Once you have eaten of his bread and salt, you have the guest right, and the laws of hospitality protect you beneath his roof. "
16 " Noooo," Cersei wailed, "Father help him, someone help him, my son, my son...'Tyrian found himself thinking of Robb Stark. My own wedding is looking much better in hindsight. "
17 " Nothing but this: I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had.” He turned to face the hall, that sea of pale faces. “I wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. I am innocent, but I will get no justice here. You leave me no choice but to appeal to the gods. I demand trial by battle. "
18 " A sword so fine must bear a name. It would please me if you would call this one Oathkeeper. "
19 " He rode through the streets of the city, down from his hill on high, O’er the wynds and the steps and the cobbles, he rode to a woman’s sigh. For she was his secret treasure, she was his shame and his bliss. And a chain and a keep are nothing, compared to a woman’s kiss. "
20 " —LADY MELISANDRE OF ASSHAI, "
