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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) QUOTES

A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) QUOTES

1 " I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

2 " Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

3 " Half-truths are worth more than outright lies. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

4 " You ought to be blowing me kisses, wench. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

5 " Jon Snow, is this a proper castle now? Not just a tower?”

“It is.” Jon took her hand.

“Good,” she whispered. “I wanted t’ see one proper castle, before … before I …”

“You’ll see hundred castles. The battle’s done. Maester Aemon will see to you. You’re kissed by fire, remember? Lucky. It will take more than an arrow to kill you. Aemon will draw it out and patch you up, and we’ll get milk of the poppy for the pain.”

She just smiled at that. “D’you remember that cave? We should have stayed in that cave. I told you so.”

“We’ll go back to the cave,” he said.” You’re not going to die, Ygritte. You’re not.”

“Oh.” Ygritte cupped his cheek with her hand. “You know nothing, Jon Snow,” she sighed, dying. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

6 " Why won't they let me be? I just need to rest, that's all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

7 " The glass candle is meant to represent truth and learning, rare and beautiful and fragile things. It is made in the shape of a candle to remind us that a maester must cast light wherever he serve, and it is a sharp to remind us that knowledge can be dangerous. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

8 " There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

9 " My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

10 " She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

11 " Beauty can be treacherous. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

12 " One King means peace. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

13 " Harsh justice is still justice. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

14 " Only a starving man asks bread from a begger "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

15 " Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

16 " The living have no place at the feasts of the dead. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

17 " The light that brings the dawn. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

18 " All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

19 " Your brother was a terrible traitor, I know, but if we start killing men at weddings they’ll be even more frightened of marriage than they are presently. "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

20 " Can I dwell on what I scarce remember? I held a castle on the Marches once, and there was a woman I was pledged to marry, but I could not find that castle today, nor tell you the color of that woman's hair. Who knighted me, old friend? What were my favorite foods? It all fades. Sometimes I think I was born on the bloody grass in that grove of ash, with the taste of fire in my mouth and a hole in my chest. Are you my mother, Thoros? "

― George R.R. Martin , A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)