HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON ONE SENTENCE STARTERS
โ Iโd rather serve as a knight and ride to battle and glory. โ
โ We have royal wombs, you and I. The childbed is our battlefield. โ
โ I want to fly with you on dragonback, see the great wonders across the Narrow Sea, and eat only cake. โ
โ We must either act now or leave it with the gods. โ
โ The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power. โ
โ I have only ever defended you! Yet everything Iโve given you, youโve thrown back in my face. โ
โ To elude a storm, you can either sail into it, or around it. But you must never await its coming. โ
โ We should be free to speak our minds to one another. โ
โ I imagine even dragons get lonely. โ
โ I understand the order of things. Iโm not sure you do. โ
โ If you mean to elicit some anger from me, you should know that youโre failing. โ
โ Men would sooner put the realm to the torch than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne. โ
โ Iโm right here, the object of your ire. โ
โ Do it. And be done with all this bother. โ
โ Proud men donโt like having to look up. โ
โ Our worth is not given. It must be made. โ
โ None of it needs be this way in truth. โ
โ The boars squeal like children when theyโre being slaughtered. I find it discomforting. โ
โ Even I do not exist above tradition and duty! โ
โ How lucky you are to have a say in your own life. โ
โ All that I have, I owe to you. โ
โ Well, if you truly believe that, my dearโฆ then you possess a generous spirit. โ
โ I was trying to help you. Will you not be helped? Why must every effort on your behalf be resisted - as if to the death? โ
โ You wear a crown. Do you also call yourself โKingโ? โ
โ How romantic it must be to get imprisoned in a castle and made to squeeze out heirs. โ
โ Though I do suppose you seem changed by your adventures. More mature, perhaps. โ
โ Marriage is only a political arrangement. Once you are wed, you can do as you like. โ
โ You can not live your life in fear, or you will forsake the best parts of it. โ
โ I have no desire to live in fear. Only solitude. โ
โ This is a vile accusation. โ
โ I have spent a lifetime defending you. But your heart is even blacker than I thought. โ
โ You said I could have anything. I want [name]. Iโll take her as she is. โ
โ When one is never invited to speak, one learns instead to observe. โ
โ Itโs long past time our houses were united in blood. โ
โ Let us leave it all behind and see the world togetherโฆ where weโll be nameless, and freeโฆ free to go where we like, to love as we like. โ
โ What will they say of me when the histories are written? โ
โ I deserve some say in the affairs of my own family. โ
โ Your obsession with those beasts goes beyond understanding. โ
โ The consequences of an allegation like the one you toy at would be dire. โ
โ Have I lost my sanity? Do my senses lead me astray? Or is everyone else asleep, dreaming the same woolly dream? โ
โ You have your honor and I have mine. โ
โ Dark rumors are hunting us. They nip at our heels. โ
โ The wise sailor flees the storm as it gathers. โ
โ How sweetly the fox speaks when itโs been cornered by the hounds. โ
โ You may do as you wish, when I am cold in my grave. โ
โ You may know what is the right thing to be done, but love stays the hand. โ
โ No matter how fat the leech grows, it always wants for another meal. โ
โ Mayhaps the gods have scorned us for our insatiable pride. โ
โ What is this brief mortal life if not the pursuit of legacy? โ
โ Each of us is capable of depravity. And more than you would believe. โ
โ I will have the truth of what happened. โ
โ This interminable infighting must cease! All of you! We are family! โ
โ There is a debt to be paid. โ
โ What have I done but what was expected of me? โ
โ Exhausting, wasnโt it? Hiding beneath the cloak of your own righteousness. But now they see you as you are. โ
โ We play an ugly game. And now, for the first time, I see that you have the determination to win it. โ
โ You and I are made of fire. We have always been meant to burn together. โ
โ They will fear what else we might be capable of. โ
โ And while I should like your support, I do not need it. โ
โ I would say itโs nice to be home, but I scarcely recognize it. โ
โ Iโve done everything youโve asked me to, and I try so hard, but it will never be enough for you. โ
โ Hold your nerve. What we do, we do for the good of the realm. โ
โ I must confess a certain uneasiness now this is at hand. โ
โ A generous offer. Or a desperate one. โ
โ But tonight I wish you to see me as I am. โ
โ Let us no longer hold ill feelings in our hearts. โ
โ It is you. You are the one. You must do this. โ
โ His last words to me and I was the only one to hear it. And now heโs dead. โ
โ I recognize no authority but the Kingโs. And until there is oneโฆ I have no place here. โ
โ It is our fate, I think, to crave always what is given to another. If one possesses a thing, the other will take it away. โ
โ I will do you the considerable courtesy of assuming there is a good reason for the outrage of my treatment here this morning. โ
โ You are wiser than I believed you to be. โ
โ You desire not to be free, but to make a window in the wall of your prison. โ
โ There is no power but what the people allow you to take. โ
โ Our hearts were never one. I see that now. โ
โ No king has ever lived that hasnโt had to forfeit the lives of a few to protect the many. โ
โ Reluctance to murder is not a weakness! โ
โ We donโt choose our destiny. It chooses us. โ
โ Whatever claim remains to me, you are now its heir. โ
โ Naught is to be done but by my command. โ
โ Come with me. Iโll show you the true meaning of loyalty. โ
โ If you choose treachery, if you swear fealty now only to later turn your cloaksโฆ know that you will die screaming. โ
โ Letโs end this mummerโs farce. โ
โ I do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone. โ
โ Dreams didnโt make us kings. Dragons did. โ
โ You abandoned meโฆ when I most needed you. โ
โ Hope is the foolโs ally. โ
โ I will not fight you. I came as a messenger, not a warrior. โ
