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Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts.

Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts.

George R. R. Martin

Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.

George R. R. Martin
Wind, Promise, Blunt
George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.23, Bantam

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

George R. R. Martin
Hurt, Ice, Identity
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.60, Bantam

The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.

George R. R. Martin
Clever, Men, Laughing
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.1685, Bantam

We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.

George R. R. Martin
Needs
George R. R. Martin (2013). “The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister”, p.75, Bantam

History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.

George R. R. Martin
Song, Men, Wheels
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.165, Bantam

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

George R. R. Martin
Pain, Being Hurt, Old Wounds
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.50, Bantam

When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.

George R. R. Martin
Lost Love, Sunset, Dawn And Dusk
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.1601, Bantam

The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.

George R. R. Martin
Flames, Deep Thought, Shadow
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.1248, Bantam

Not all men were meant to dance with dragons.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Dragons

Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution that is all-important.

George R. R. Martin
Writing, Ideas, Mind

There are two kinds of writers. There are architects and gardeners. The architects do blueprints before they drive the first nail. The gardeners just dig a hole and plant the seed and see what comes up.

George R. R. Martin
Two, Nails, Firsts
Interview with John Birmingham, www.goodreads.com. May 15, 2013.

O medo corta mais profundamente do que as espadas.

George R. R. Martin
George R.r. Martin (2015). “A Tormenta de Espadas - As Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo -”, p.47, Leya

Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.

George R. R. Martin
Lying
George R.R. Martin, Edward Lee, Bentley Little, Joe R. Lansdale, Randy Chandler (2014). “Necro Files: Two Decades of Extreme Horror”, p.28, Comet Press

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

George R. R. Martin
Fear, Cutting, Ice
George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.566, Bantam

When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince.

George R. R. Martin
Pirate, Rich, Enough
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.825, Bantam

But what a man can do and what a man will do are two different things, he knew.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Two, Different
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.2808, Bantam

No one who wears a crown is ever safe.

George R. R. Martin
Crowns, Safe
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.181, Bantam

I'm sorry that I never trusted you. I don't know how to do that anymore.

George R. R. Martin
Sorry, Know How, Knows
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.296, Bantam

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

George R. R. Martin
Wall, Men, Curiosity
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.174, Bantam

If? The word is when.

George R. R. Martin
Ifs
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.598, Bantam

Some doors are best left closed.

George R. R. Martin
Doors, Left
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.543, Bantam

...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.

George R. R. Martin
Grief, Mind, Strongest
George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.272, Bantam

Perhaps that is the secret. It is not what we do, so much as why we do it.

George R. R. Martin
Secret
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.1110, Bantam

We all dream of things we cannot have.

George R. R. Martin
Dream
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.3023, Bantam

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