From George R. R. Martin's "A Storm of Swords"

of my15Favorite Quotes

Old stories are like old friends. You have to visit them from time to time.

Bran Stark in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

In battle discipline beats numbers nine times of

every ten.

A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

Once the cow's been milked there's no

squirting the cream back up her udder.

The Queen of Thorns in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth.

Daenerys in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever

than the men who laugh at them.

Tywin Lannister in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

The gods give each of us our little gifts and talents, and it is meant for us to use them...

Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.

Lady Smallwood in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

Tywin Lannister in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

There is a tool for every task, and a task

for every tool.

Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a

man has no choice but to furl his sails.

A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

Arya Stark in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

For the oak recalls the acorn,

the acorn dreams the oak, the stump lives in them both.

The dwarf woman in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

There is a long league's worth of difference between willful and

stupid.Tywin Lannister in

A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

The higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall.

Salladhor Saan in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

It does not matter how brave or brilliant a man is, if his

commands cannot be heard.

Eddard Stark in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

There are two sorts of people. The players and

the pieces.

Petyr Baelish in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin

Sometimes the short road is not the safest... sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.

Dalla in A Storm of Swords by

George R. R. Martin