“You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you…”
“Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.”
“Oftentimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”
“Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.”
“Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do the job for him.”
“Life is full of possibilities.”
“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
“It is the journey that matters, not how fast you arrive at the destination.”
“We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
“When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.”
“Never fear the darkness… The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother’s milk. Darkness will make you strong.”
“Words are like arrows. Once loose, you cannot call them back.”
“My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls… And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.”
“People often claim to hunger for truth but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.”
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies..”
“Different times sometimes lead to the same castle.”
“Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what’s on the other side.”
“It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.”
“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.”
“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
“Trust is earned. Like gold.”
“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
“The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome.”
“The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.”
“Nobody is a villain in their own story. We’re all the heroes of our own stories.”
“In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.”
“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
“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.”
“Every flight begins with a fall.”
“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
“When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.”
“When we speak of the morrow nothing is ever certain.”
“Sleep is good. And books are better.”
“Laughter is poison to fear.”
“Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.”
“Everything’s better with some wine in the belly.”
“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.”
“The man who fears losing has already lost.”
“All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful.”
“Some old wounds never truly heal and bleed again at the slightest word.”
“We look up at the same stars and see such different things.”
“‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.”
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”
“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”
“Never forget what you are, make it your strength. Armor yourself in it.”
“My smile is my servant, he should come at my command.”
“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’”
“My mind is my weapon.”
“The past remains the past. We can learn from it but we cannot change it.”
“Some writers enjoy writing. I enjoy having written.”
“A bruise is a lesson… and each lesson makes us better.”
“A man must know how to look before he can hope to see.”
“Power resides only where men believe it resides. […] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And often times a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”
“How can a man be brave when he’s afraid? It is the only time a man can be brave.”
“I try to make readers feel they’ve lived the events of the book.”
“The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams.”
“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”
“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge.”
“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.”
“Every man who walks the earth casts a shadow on the world.”
