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"Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it's not that simple... Real-life kings had real-life problems to deal with... My people who are trying to rule don't have an easy time of it. Just having good intentions doesn't make you a wise king."
--- George R. R. Martin
#People #Reality #Answers
"Much as I admire Tolkien, I once again always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the Balrog on the Khazad-dûm and he falls into the gulf, and his last words are, "Fly, you fools." What power that had, how that grabbed me. And then he comes back as Gandalf the White, and if anything he's sort of improved. I never liked Gandalf the White as much as Gandalf the Grey, and I never liked him coming back. I think it would have been an even stronger story if Tolkien had left him dead."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Thinking #Lasts #Fellowship Of The Ring
"When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Smoke #Stones #Red
"It was the easiest thing in the world for Arya to step up behind him and stab him. “Is there gold hidden in the village?” she shouted as she drove the blade up through his back. “Is there silver? Gems?” She stabbed twice more. “Is there food? Where is Lord Beric?” She was on top of him by then, still stabbing. “Where did he go? How many men were with him? How many knights? How many bowmen? How many, how many, how many, how many, how many, how many? is there gold in the village?"
--- George R. R. Martin
#Knights #Steps #Fire And Ice
"Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Greatness #Born #World
"Remember, whatever the price...I'll beat it! I like living! Tyrion Lannister"
--- George R. R. Martin
#Tyrion #Lannisters #Beats
"Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Protect #Scary #Terror
"Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Schemes #Ripening #Certain
"Ten years from now, no one is going to care how quickly the books came out. The only thing that will matter, the only thing anyone will remember, is how good they were. That's my main concern, and always will be."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Book #Care #Ten
"Valar Morghulis - All men must die."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Winter Is Coming #Dies #Men
"Arya lifted her gaze from the dead man and his dead dog. Jaqen H'ghar was leaning up against the side of the Wailing Tower. When he saw her looking, he lifted a hand to his face and laid two fingers casually against his cheek."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Wailing #Dead Dog #Faces
"I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start off with a novel right off, or a trilogy, or even a nine-book series. That's like starting in at rock climbing by tackling Mt. Everest. Short stories help you learn your craft."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Book #Rocks #These Days
"I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. (Sansa) No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves. (Tyrion) Lions, she whispered without thinking."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Thinking #Tyrion #No Doubt
"The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister"
--- George R. R. Martin
#Tyrion #Lannisters #Blind
"Not all men were meant to dance with dragons."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Dragons #Men
"I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Stories #Finished #Endless
"In this world, only winter is certain"
--- George R. R. Martin
#Winter #This World #World
"Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)"
--- George R. R. Martin
#Creatures #Earth #Starks
"Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Truth #Hard Truths #Faces
"Littlefinger looked like a boy who had just taken a furtive bite from a honeycomb. He was TRYING to watch for bees, but the honey was so sweet."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Taken #Sweet #Honey
"I heard a Lannister always pays his debts." "Oh, every penny....but never a groat more. You'll get the meal you bargained for, but it won't be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Heard #Ends #Pay
"When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," she said sadly. "When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before." -Daenerys Targaryen"
--- George R. R. Martin
#Said #Mountain #Blow
"It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Cloaks #Way #White
"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."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Break #Failing #Doors
"She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Happened #Seats #Window
"It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?"
--- George R. R. Martin
#Asks #Crowns #Victory
"A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes,” the Mountain declared. “Cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two . . . and if not, the man after him will have six."
--- George R. R. Martin
#Might #Cutting #Eye
"When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it"
--- George R. R. Martin
#Eye #Finding Yourself #Bed

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