The best Quotes from A Song of Ice and Fire

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.

All Knights must bleed. Blood is the seal of our devotion.

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

And who are you, the proud lord said,
that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat,
that's all the truth I know.
In a coat of gold or a coat of red,
a lion still has claws,
And mine are long and sharp, my lord,
as long and sharp as yours.
And so he spoke, and so he spoke,
that lord of Castamere,
But now the rains weep o'er his hall,
with no one there to hear.
Yes now the rains weep o'er his hall,
and not a soul to hear.

'You know nothing, Jon Snow'
- Ygritte

All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. The man who fears losing has already lost. Fear cuts deeper than swords.

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

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.

Just as Daenys foresaw the end of Valyria, Aegon foresaw the end of the world of men. 'Tis to begin with a terrible winter gusting out of the distant north. Aegon saw absolute darkness riding on those winds. And whatever dwells within will destroy the world of the living. When this Great Winter comes, Rhaenyra, all of Westeros must stand against it. Aegon called his dream "The Song of Ice and Fire".

The G-Men won a couple of nail biters, including a victory over the Packers in London that was as shocking to me as it must have been to Aaron Rodgers. I had almost forgotten how good it feels to win.

As it happens, HBO and I have our own animated projects, set in the world of A Song Of Ice & Fire. None of them have been greenlit yet, but I think we are getting close to taking the next step with a couple of them.

Our supposed rivalry with Rings of Power mostly exists in the media. Nothing would please me more than to see both shows succeed. I am a fantasy fan, and I want more fantasy on television, and nothing would accomplish that more than a couple of big hits.

Nothing burns like the cold.

I am much more of a gardener. My stories grow and evolve and change as I write them.

Yes, some of the things you saw on HBO in GAME OF THRONES you will also see in THE WINDS OF WINTER (though maybe not in quite the same ways)… but much of the rest will be quite different.

I am anticipating House of the Dragon pretty eagerly myself, for what it's worth. Okay, I am hardly objective. And I know a lot of what you will be seeing. I, um, wrote the book.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to Middle-earth.

The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams.

Dreams were a treacherous ground on which to build.

Pain was as much a part of knighthood as were swords and shields.

I am going to clout you in the ear so hard your head will turn around backwards, and you'll spend the rest of your life looking at where you've been.

A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword.

Better a beggar than a thief.

All men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned.

When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies.

Stannis: "You're as stubborn as your father... and as honorable."
Jon: "I could imagine no higher praise."

Big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts.

You know nothing, Jon Snow.

You think we're savages because we don't live in stone castles. We can't make steel as good as yours is. But we're free. If Someone tried to tell us we couldn't lie down as man and woman, we'd shove a spear up his ass. We don't go serving some shit king who's only king because his father was.

There is only one god, and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to death: 'Not today.'

It's the most heroic thing we can do now. Look the truth in the face.

Without Littlefinger, and Ramsay and the rest, I would have stayed a little bird all my life.

Anyone whose tongue dares to question the birth of Princess Rhaenyra's sons should have it removed.

The truth does not matter, Rhaenyra. Only perception.

There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin, and no war so bloody as a war between dragons.

The war will be fought, many will die, and the victor will eventually ascend the Throne.

Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime.

Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe.​

There's a lot of money to be made in scaring people.

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

If you only ever read one book in your life I highly recommend... keeping your f*cking mouth shut.

Censorship is saying: "I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine." But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice.

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!