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Sorcery is the sauce fools spoon over failure to hide the flavor of their own incompetence.

Sorcery is the sauce fools spoon over failure to hide the flavor of their own incompetence.

George R. R. Martin
Sorcery, Spoons, Flavor
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1143, Bantam

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, Years, Care
"A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin, grrm.livejournal.com. July 22, 2007.

Everything's better with some wine in the belly.

George R. R. Martin
Wine, Lannisters, Belly

I love you too, sweet sister. But you're a fool. A beautiful golden fool.

George R. R. Martin
Beautiful, Sweet, Love You
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.356, Bantam

"Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, King Joffrey, Queen Cersei."

George R. R. Martin
Queens, Kings, Firsts
"A Clash of Kings". Book by George R. R. Martin, 1998.

Trust is earned. Like gold.

George R. R. Martin
Gold
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.2940, Bantam

The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.

George R. R. Martin
Thinking, Fire, Hair
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1633, Bantam

There’s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like you’re trying to drive nails with your shoe.

George R. R. Martin
Shoes, Trying, Nails

And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.

George R. R. Martin
Kings, Men, Song Of Ice And Fire
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.2227, Bantam

The man who never reads lives only one.

George R. R. Martin
Reading, Men, Ice
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.521, Bantam

When I sleep I turn into a wolf. Bran turned his face away and looked back out into the night. Do wolves dreams?

George R. R. Martin
Dream, Sleep, Night
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.801, Bantam

I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white.

George R. R. Martin
Character, Black And White, Grey
"A conversation with Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin". The Sydney Morning Herald Interview, www.smh.com.au. August 1, 2011.

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

George R. R. Martin
Friendship, Inspiring, Loneliness
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1473, Bantam

Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the queen. They had repaid that love and trust with her father's head. Sansa would never make that mistake again.

George R. R. Martin
Mother, Queens, Father
George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.59, Bantam

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
League, Way, Jaime Lannister
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2147, Bantam

Nothing burns like the cold.

George R. R. Martin
Winter, Cold, Cool Weather
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.16, Bantam

I've always taken that as my guiding principle and the rest is just set dressing. You can have dragons in it, or aliens and starships, or a western about a gunslinger, or even literary fiction, and ultimately you're still writing about the human heart in conflict with itself.

George R. R. Martin
Taken, Writing, Heart

You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Tears, Use
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1330, Bantam

I grew up with four T.V. channels. If you missed a show, you missed it. You gotta wait a week for the next one. I'd mail-order books: take a quarter, get an envelope, send off for it and wait until it arrived. I grew up waiting for things.

George R. R. Martin
Book, Order, Waiting
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.

George R. R. Martin
Lying, Heart, Eye
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.474, Bantam

If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?

George R. R. Martin
Popcorn, Superficial, Dies
"'Game of Thrones' author George R.R. Martin: Why he wrote The Red Wedding". Interview with James Hibberd, ew.com. June 2, 2013.

Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies.

George R. R. Martin
Lying, Believe, Deceit

Do dead man dream? The dead themselves are silent on the matter

George R. R. Martin
Dream, Men, Matter

Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck." Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Ducks, Doubt
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.137, Bantam

An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

George R. R. Martin
Kings, Mistake, Fall
"‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Answers Fans’ Questions Live" by Amy Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.

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