George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin, often referred to as GRRM, is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the HBO dramatic series Game of Thrones...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 September 1948
CountryUnited States of America
lying
You lie. Worse, you lie poorly.
i-can
I can be humbler than anyone.
prayer able done
Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.
strong cutting men
All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Then man who fears losing has already lost. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords.
men lips i-can
I have touched more men that I can count. Some with my lips, more with my axe.
years silence sometimes
He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. And so it was this time.
children battle different
Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce.
lying faces looks
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
dark night men
The sun will soon be setting, and corpses make poor company by night. These were dark and dangerous men, alive. I doubt that death will have improved them.
mother horse fate
It was a cruel fate, Yet not so cruel as Mago's will be. I promise you that, by the old gods and the new, by the lamb god and the horse god and every god that lives. I swear by the Mother of Mountains and the Womb of the World. Before I am done with them, Mago and Ko Jhaqo will plead for the mercy they showed Eroeh.
calumny
The best calumnies are spiced with truth.
reading great-things
The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life
hands laughing lips
she would die as she had lived, with an axe in her hand and a laugh upon her lips.
world jersey projects
I was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. I grew up in the projects. I never went anywhere. But I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read.