G.R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1 "Game of Thrones" Starters, Pt. 1
“Do the dead frighten you?”
“There are things to be learned even from the dead.”
“Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?”
“If you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words.“
“A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is”
“Kings lack of the caution of common men.”
“A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves.“
“Sitting in a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.“
“They say it grows so cold up here in the winter that a man’s laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death.”
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it could never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.“
“Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I’ll sleep more easily by night.“
“You should think less about the future and more about the pleasures at hand.“
“Death is so terribly final; life is full of possibilities.”
“The gods mock the prayers of kings and cowherds alike.”
“Killing kings is weary work.”
“I am heartily sick of secrets and squabbles and matters of state. It’s all as tedious as counting coppers.”
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth and face it.“
“I can only stomach so much ineptitude in any one day.“
“Never draw your sword unless you mean to use it.”
“Do I frighten you so much?”
“If the wicked do not fear the King’s Justice, you have put the wrong man in office.”
“He speaks most eloquently with his sword.”
“I haven’t wanted to die for almost two days now.”
“It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.”
“I looked at my reflection in the water earlier and scarcely recognized myself.”
“If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him.”
“I decline to deliver any message that might get me killed.”
“Know the men who follow you and let them know you. Don’t ask your men to die for a stranger.”
“When the snow falls and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.”
“I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.”
“Grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.”
“Let us hope you are not as inept as you look.”
“This will be uglier than a whore’s ass.”
“The mummer’s farce has gone on long enough for today.”
“No victory is half so beautiful as you.”
“War should not be a game.”
“Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better.”
“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
“Poison is a coward’s weapon.”
“I am out of wine and out of patience.”
“A woman can rule as wisely as a man.”