Quotes by Corlys Velaryon

To elude a storm, you can either sail into it, or around it. But you must never await its coming.

History does not remember blood. It remembers names.

What is this brief mortal life if not the pursuit of legacy?

What is this brief, mortal life... if not the pursuit of legacy?

There is no pleasure in the world like bedding a woman.

When I ascended the Driftwood Throne, I knew what I wanted. So I went out and seized it. Unlike every other lord of the realm, I can say that I built my house's high seat with the strength of mine own back.

I, Corlys Velaryon, Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark, promise to be faithful to King Viserys and his named heir, the Princess Rhaenyra. I pledge fealty to them and shall defend them against all enemies, in good faith and without deceit. I swear this by the old gods and the new.

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.

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

You may know what is the right thing to be done, but love stays the hand. Love is a downfall. Best to make your way through life unencumbered.

You may do as you wish, husband, when I am cold in my grave.

Rhaenyra: "You do not desert your post when the storm lashes."
Laenor: "The wise sailor flees the storm as it gathers."

Harwin Strong: "You're asleep in front of the Commander of the City Watch. Terrible lack of respect."
Rhaenyra: "A certain insolence runs in the family, I'm afraid."

Viserys: "I do hope the labor was easy."
Rhaenyra: "I think I called the midwife a c*nt."

This is why men wage war. Because women would never be ready for the battle in time.

Is it not better to live in peace than to have songs sung after you are dead?

We perform our duty to our fathers and to the realm. And when it's done each of us dines as we see fit.

When one is never invited to speak one learns instead to... observe.

What are children, but a weakness? A folly? A futility? Through them, you imagine you cheat the great darkness of its victory. You will persist forever, in some form or another. As if they will keep you from the dust.

Meat without wine is also a sin.

The truth does not matter, Rhaenyra. Only perception.

How romantic it must be to get imprisoned in a castle and made to squeeze out heirs.

Rhaenyra: "I endured it for as long as I could."
Alicent: "To have every young knight and lord in the Seven Kingdoms fawning over you? What misery."

Otto: "What do you make of Lord Jason's proposal?"
Viserys: "That man's pride has pride."

I did not decide to name Rhaenyra my heir on a whim. All the lord of the kingdom would do well to remember that.

Viserys: "Jason Lannister is an excellent match."
Rhaenyra: "He's arrogant and self-serious."
Viserys: "I thought you might have that in common."

Lady Redwyne: "Though your father refuses to admit it, we've been dragged into it by your uncle and the Sea Snake."
Rhaenyra: "And how have you served the realm of late, Lady Redwyne, by eating cake?"

I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands.

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

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

Rhaenys: "A woman would not inherit the Iron Throne. Because that is the order of things."
Rhaenyra: "When I am queen, I will create a new order."

Money buys a man's silence for a time, a bolt in the heart buys it forever.

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

Death is certain, the time is not.

You waste time trying to get people to love you, you'll end up the most popular dead man in town.

When you play the Game of Thrones you win... or you die. There is no middle-ground.

A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.

Hate's as good a thing as any to keep a person going. Better than most.

The man who passes the sentence, should swing the sword.

Power resides where men believe it resides.

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

Gods. Kings. Fire. And blood. Dreams didn't make us kings. Dragons did.

Lip: "Hey, whoa. You really think they deserve your hard-earned money for that service?"
Frank: "Dine and dash?"
Lip: "Bite and bolt."
Frank: "Eat it and beat it?"