“Oh, my sweet summer child…what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. “A man who won’t listen can’t hear.” – Osha “Life is not a song, sweetling…You may learn that one day to your sorrow.” – Petyr Baelish
“She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear…but now she saw that she had donned them after all.” (on Catelyn Stark) You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.” – Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger) “You wear your honor like a suit of armor, Stark. “Every flight begins with a fall.” – Bran’s crow (from his dreams) “The man who fears losing has already lost.” – Arya Stark “Laughter is poison to fear.” – Catelyn Stark “Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.” – Jon Snow “I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.” – Robert Baratheon “Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.” – Tyrion Lannister “A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.” – Catelyn Stark Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” – Tyrion Lannister “Let me give you some counsel, bastard…Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. “The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends…It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace…They never are.” – Jorah Mormont “When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.” – Ned Stark That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.” – Maester Aemon We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. or the memory of a brother’s smile? Wind and words. “What is honor compared to a woman’s love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms. “Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” – Daenerys Targaryen There is no middle ground.” – Cersei Lannister “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. “Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.” “Fear cuts deeper than swords.” – Arya Stark ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.” “As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black ‘hissed,’ pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. “A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” – Tyrion Lannister To celebrate A Game of Thrones on this special publication anniversary, here are twenty-five of the best quotes from the book to remind you of not only Martin’s literary craft, but also why the world of Westeros and its characters have fascinated readers for a quarter of a century.
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