Top 25 Quotes by George R. R. Martin of 782 - Page 3

A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.

A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.

Fighting, Men, Coins

George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.776, Bantam

A man does not need to be a wizard to know truth from falsehood, not if he has eyes. You need only learn to read a face. Look at the eyes. The mouth. The muscles here, at the corners of the jaw, and here, where the neck joins the shoulders.

George R. R. Martin

Eye, Men, Doe

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.2709, Bantam

Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.

George R. R. Martin

Forgiving, Forget

George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.52, Bantam

Fire consumes, but cold preserves.

George R. R. Martin

Fire, Cold, Preserves

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.3049, Bantam

Wine makes all things possible.

George R. R. Martin

Wine, Great Wine, Best Wine

The gods don’t care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.

George R. R. Martin

Kings, Men, Care

George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.518, Bantam

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.

George R. R. Martin

Diversity, Pathways, Castles

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.97, Bantam

There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win.

George R. R. Martin

Hero, Winning, Monsters

You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.

George R. R. Martin

Inspiration, Mean, Iron

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.381, Bantam

Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?

George R. R. Martin

Games, Play, Suffering

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.562, Bantam

The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.

George R. R. Martin

Needs, Looks, Innocent

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.933, Bantam

The world is full of cravens who pretended to be heroes.

George R. R. Martin

Hero, World

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

George R. R. Martin

Would Be, Tyrion

I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.

George R. R. Martin

Stars, Rose, Too Much

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.3836, Bantam

How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?

George R. R. Martin

Kings, Crow, Crowns

George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.123, Bantam

I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.

George R. R. Martin

Men, Half, Fool

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.52, Bantam

A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.

George R. R. Martin

Sometimes, Lord, Accomplish

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.566, Bantam

He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. And so it was this time.

George R. R. Martin

Years, Silence, Sometimes

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.242, Bantam

Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.

George R. R. Martin

Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)

George R. R. Martin

Men, Evil, Black

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.1164, Bantam

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.

George R. R. Martin

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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

Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.

George R. R. Martin

Real, Fall, Trying

What is dead may never die, but rises again, stronger and harder.

George R. R. Martin

Ice, Stronger, May

In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.

George R. R. Martin

Kindness, Men, World

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.1677, Bantam