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
war men hands
There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.
hate ice mates
If ice can burn, then love and hate can mate.
inspirational funny motivational
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.
sister heart moon
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...
stars rose too-much
I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.
made wells
You were made to be kissed, often and well.
song lucky ends
We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.
hero dark artist
An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.
men half fool
I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.
forgiving forget
Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.
thinking hair fire
The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.
lying
Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.
hero fighting winning
My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.
speak certain morrow
When we speak of the morrow nothing is ever certain.