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
men battle want
Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.
made my-time
...spend my time warring and whoring, that's what I was made for.
grief mind strongest
...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.
heart men murder
all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.
wall blind fats
Jon: Have you seen the wall? | Sam: I'm fat, not blind.
men stranger asks
Know the men who follow you and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger.
boys lannisters tyrion
Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.
beautiful summer sweet
The truth is all around you, plain to behold. The night is dark and full of terrors, the day bright and beautiful and full of hope. One is black, the other white. There is ice and there is fire. Hate and love. Bitter and sweet. Male and female. Pain and pleasure. Winter and summer. Evil and good. Death and life. Everywhere, opposites.
ravens battle quills
Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.
dream sleep night
Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.
sticks firsts ends
First rule, stick them with the pointy end!
mother brother kings
The Iron Throne is mine by rights. All those who deny that are my foes." "The whole of the realm denies it, brother," said Renley. "Old men deny it with their death rattle, and unborn children deny it in their mothers' wombs. They deny it in Dorne and they deny it on the Wall. No one wants you for their king. Sorry.
knights land two
Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can't make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants and the like. A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people.
eye finding-yourself bed
When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it