A hound will die for you, but never lie to you.

I am the sword in the darkness.

All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing—but the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.

Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.

A great battle is a terrible thing,' the old knight said, 'but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart.

It's not,' Mormont told him. 'Gods save us, boy, you're not blind and you're not stupid. When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?