The best Quotes by Maester Luwin

Too easily, words of war become acts of war.

Luwin: "Theon Greyjoy! The lady is our guest."
Theon: "Thought she was our prisoner."
Luwin: "Are the two mutually exclusive in your experience?"

Better to be cruel than weak.

Hard places breed hard men. And hard men rule the world.

Ramsay: "What do you tell them?"
Theon: "I'm Theon Greyjoy, son of Balon, heir to the Iron Islands."
Ramsay: "And what are you really?"
Theon: "I'm Reek."

Theon: "Are you afraid?"
Rob: "I must be."
Theon: "Good."
Rob: "Why is that good?"
Theon: "It means you're not stupid."

Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.

Where words are scarse, they are seldome spent in vaine.

Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.

Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

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

They got money for the war, but can't feed the poor.

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

We obviously didn't communicate clearly. We are here to discuss your surrender, not mine.

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.

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

You just sent the most powerful man in Westeros to bed without his supper.

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."

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."

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

Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies, a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie.

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

Gendry: "You shouldn't insult people that are bigger than you."
Arya: "Then I wouldn't get to insult anyone."

Death is certain, the time is not.

You stole three deaths from the Red God. We have to give them back. Speak three names and a man will do the rest.

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

Bronn: "The little king's backed up. Clogged from balls to brains."
Tyrion: "You think dipping his wick will cure what ails him?"
Bronn: "There's no cure for being a c*nt."

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

What good is power if you cannot protect the ones you love?

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

Any man who must say, 'I am the king', is no true king.

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

You think you wanted revenge a long time? I've been after it all my life. It's all I care about. Look at me! You wanna be like me?

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

Cersei: "All you needed to do was climb the steps yourself. Such a sad mistake."
Ned: "I've made many mistakes in my life, but that wasn't one of them."

Power resides where men believe it resides.

A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

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

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

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?"