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Every flight begins with a fall.

Every flight begins with a fall.

George R. R. Martin
Fall, Healing, Flight
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.145, Bantam

Give me priests who are fat and corrupt and cynical,(...) the sort who like to sit on soft satin cushions, nibble sweetmeats, and diddle little boys. It's the ones who believe in gods who make the trouble. (Tyrion)

George R. R. Martin
Believe, Boys, Giving
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.286, Bantam

That night the wind was howling almost like a wolf and there were some real wolves off to the west giving it lessons.

George R. R. Martin
Real, Night, Wind
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.1941, Bantam

Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Battle, Noble
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.2043, Bantam

On the gallows tree, all men are brothers.

George R. R. Martin
Brother, Men, Tree
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.2912, Bantam

Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers.

George R. R. Martin
People, Littles, Ethics
"Ace in the Hole". Book by George R. R. Martin, January, 1990.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

George R. R. Martin
Success, Bruises, Lessons

- Some men think because they are afraid to do. - There is a difference between fear and caution.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Thinking, Differences
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.2690, Bantam

Not everyone who spoke you friendly was really your friend." - Arya

George R. R. Martin
Friendly, Spokes

You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.

George R. R. Martin
Moving, Thinking, Suits Of Armor
George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.540, Bantam

A crown should not sit easy on the head.

George R. R. Martin
Crowns, Easy, Should
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.764, Bantam

Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water.

George R. R. Martin
Cutting, Snakes, Water
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.476, Bantam

You've got a bold tongue, little man. One day, someone is like to cut it out and make you eat it.

George R. R. Martin
Cutting, Men, One Day

Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.

George R. R. Martin
Summer, Winter, Lone Wolf
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.196, Bantam

What the King dreams, the Hand builds.

George R. R. Martin
Dream, Kings, Hands

I'm honest. It's the world that's awful.

George R. R. Martin
World, Awful, Honest
George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.693, Bantam

Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.

George R. R. Martin
Wind, Tragedy, Thrones
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.584, Bantam

You would consider me an atheist or agnostic. I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn’t the end and there’s something more, but I can’t convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever.

George R. R. Martin
Atheist, Believe, Spirituality

What's dead may never die.

George R. R. Martin
Ice, Daenerys, May
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.992, Bantam

She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.

George R. R. Martin
Despair, Garments, Ifs
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.507, Bantam

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.

George R. R. Martin
Old Friends, Stories, Used
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.1738, Bantam

You don't just have people who wake up in the morning and say, "What evil things can I do today, because I'm Mr. Evil?" People do things for what they think are justified reasons. Everybody is the hero of their own story, and you have to keep that in mind. If you read a lot of history, as I do, even the worst and most monstrous people thought they were the good guys. We're all very tangled knots.

George R. R. Martin
Morning, Hero, Thinking

The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.

George R. R. Martin
Writing, Impact, Advice

It seemed cruel for a day to dawn so fair and end so foul as this one promised to.

George R. R. Martin
Dawn, Ends, Foul
George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.454, Bantam

Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. (Theon Greyjoy)

George R. R. Martin
Jobs, Men, World
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.996, Bantam

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