↪ A list of SENTENCES from George R. R. Martin’s novel A Game of Thrones, to be used and changed however you see fit. possible trigger WARNINGS for violent and sexual content, profanity, and alcohol.
❝ mercy is never a mistake. ❞
❝ i will not kill a man for loyalty, nor for fighting well. ❞
❝ poison is a coward’s weapon. ❞
❝ the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. ❞
❝ your home is in my heart. ❞
❝ a woman can rule as wisely as a man. ❞
❝ if you’re planning to make us climb that mountain in the dark, i’d rather you kill me here. ❞
❝ love is sweet, dearest ____, but it cannot change a man’s nature. ❞
❝ i was promised a crown, and i mean to have it. ❞
❝ i promise you, whatever might happen, i will not let this be forgotten. ❞
❝ put down your steel now, and i promise you shall have a quick and painless death. ❞
❝ a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. ❞
❝ come to think on it, i’m not hungry after all. ❞
❝ i beg you to remember, this man is my prisoner. i will not have him harmed. ❞
❝ a man in your place should count himself fortunate that his head is still on his shoulders. ❞
❝ i shall wear this as a badge of honor. ❞
❝ how do you fight someone if you can’t hit them? ❞
❝ can i make him fly? i want to see him fly. ❞
❝ i am so happy for you all. ❞
❝ listen to the crow call the raven black. ❞
❝ aren’t you going to eat those? ❞
❝ he’s frightened. we’re leaving him. ❞
❝ i can stand here all night if i must. ❞
❝ without us to keep him safe, ____ will have no chance. ❞
❝ your mind is as deft as your blade, it would seem. ❞
❝ it was your blade i needed, not your love. ❞
❝ do i look a liar to you? ❞
❝ life is not a song, sweetling. you may learn that one day to your sorrow. ❞
❝ pain is a gift from the gods. it means the bone is knitting, the flesh healing itself. be thankful. ❞
❝ a thousand other women might have loved him with all their hearts. what did he do to make you hate him so? ❞
❝ i do not know which of you i pity most. ❞
❝ a true man does what he will, not what he must. ❞
❝ i have made more mistakes than you can possibly imagine, but that was not one of them. ❞
❝ when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. there is no middle ground. ❞
❝ no one may carry a blade here or shed a man’s blood. ❞
❝ he should have them. he does not need to steal them. he had only to ask. ❞
❝ he was the only one left. the only one. he is all i have. ❞
❝ i’m here for the feast. ❞
❝ that was all i wanted. what was promised. ❞
❝ he was no dragon. fire cannot kill a dragon. ❞
❝ damn you, ____. why do you always have to be so headstrong? ❞
❝ ah, fuck you, ____, i killed the bastard, didn’t i? ❞
❝ paper and ink. there, on the table. write what i tell you. ❞
❝ you must not do this. don’t die on me. the realm needs you. ❞
❝ i shall… guard your children as if they were my own. ❞
❝ even the truest knight cannot protect a king against himself. ❞
❝ children are so vulnerable in the innocence of their youth, how well do i remember. ❞
❝ excellent. you’re learning. ❞
❝ have you no shred of honor? ❞
❝ ____ is no friend of yours, nor of mine. ❞
❝ you’ll need someone to share your burdens. i assure you, my price would be modest. ❞
❝ they follow the man who pays them. ❞
❝ you wear your honor like a suit of armor, ____. you think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move. ❞
