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

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

George R. R. Martin
Hero, Winning, Monsters

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

George R. R. Martin
Winning, Thrones, Sitting
George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.52, Bantam

My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.

George R. R. Martin
Hero, Fighting, Winning
Interview with George R. R. Martin and all the Wild Cards contributors from BUSTED FLUSH, fantasyhotlist.blogspot.ru. December 10, 2008.

When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.

George R. R. Martin
Winning, Ice, Games

But a voice inside her whispered, There are no heroes, and she remembered what Lord Petyr had said to her, here in this very hall. 'Life is not a song, sweetling,' he'd told her, 'You may learn that one day to your sorrow.' In life, the monsters win, she told herself.

George R. R. Martin
Song, Hero, Winning
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.622, Bantam

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