The Best House of the Dragon Quotes
House of the Dragon is an American fantasy drama television series created for HBO by George R. R. Martin and Ryan J. Condal.
Based on Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon is set two hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones and follows the beginning of the end of House Targaryen.
The main cast includes Paddy Considine as King Viserys I Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Milly Alcock as young Rhaenyra Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, and Rhys Ifans as Ser Otto Hightower.
Season 1
Jaehaerys called the Great Council to prevent a war being fought over his succession. For he knew the cold truth. The only thing that could tear down the House of the Dragon was itself.Rhaenyra Targaryen, (narrating), S1.Ep1: The Heirs of the Dragon
We have royal wombs, you and I. The childbed is our battlefield. We must learn to face it with a stiff lip.Aemma Targaryen, (to Rhaenyra), S1.Ep1: The Heirs of the Dragon
The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power.Otto Hightower, S1.Ep1: The Heirs of the Dragon
Everyone says Targaryens are closer to gods than to men, but they say that because of our dragons. Without them, we’re just like everyone else. Rhaenyra Targaryen, S1.Ep1: The Heirs of the Dragon
The idea that we control the dragons is an illusion. They’re a power man should never have trifled with. One that brought Valyria its doom. If we don’t mind our own histories, it will do the same to us.Viserys Targaryen, (to Rhaenyra), S1.Ep1: The Heirs of the Dragon
A dragon’s saddle is one thing, but the Iron Throne is the most dangerous seat in the realm.Viserys Targaryen, (to Rhaenyra), S1.Ep1: The Heirs of the Dragon
If the world of men is to survive, a Targaryen must be seated on the Iron Throne. A king or queen, strong enough to unite the realm against the cold and the dark.Viserys Targaryen, (to Rhaenyra), S1.Ep1: The Heirs of the Dragon
To elude a storm, you can either sail into it, or around it. But you must never await its coming.Corlys Velaryon, (to Viserys), S1.Ep2: The Rogue Prince
When I’m Queen, I will create a new order.Rhaenyra Targaryen, (to Rhaenys), S1.Ep2: The Rogue Prince
Men would sooner put the realm to the torch than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne.Rhaenys Velaryon, (to Rhaenyra), S1.Ep2: The Rogue Prince
We are the realm’s second sons, Daemon. Our worth is not given. It must be made.Corlys Velaryon, S1.Ep2: The Rogue Prince
The road ahead is uncertain, but the end is clear.Otto Hightower, (to Alicent), S1.Ep3: Second of His Name
You cannot live your life in fear, or you will forsake the best parts of it.Daemon Targaryen, (in High Valyrian), S1.Ep4: King of the Narrow Sea
When one is never invited to speak, one learns instead to observe.Larys Strong, S1.Ep5: We Light the Way
What are children, but a weakness? A folly? A futility? Through them, you imagine you cheat the great darkness of its victory. You will persist forever, in some form or another. As if they will keep you from the dust. But for them, you surrender what you should not. You may know what is the right thing to be done, but love stays the hand. Love is a downfall.Larys Strong, S1.Ep6: The Princess and the Queen
No matter how fat the leech grows, it always wants for another meal.Daemon Targaryen, (to Otto), S1.Ep7: Driftmark
We have always been meant to burn together.Rhaenyra Targaryen, (to Daemon, in High Valyrian), S1.Ep7: Driftmark
The crown cannot stand strong if the House of the Dragon remains divided.Viserys Targaryen, S1.Ep8: The Lord of the Tides
Dreams didn’t make us kings. Dragons did.Daemon Targaryen, (to Rhaenyra), S1.Ep10: The Black Queen
Season 2
Duty is sacrifice. It eclipses all things, even blood. All men of honor must pay its price. The North owes a great duty to the Seven Kingdoms. One older than any oath. Since the days of the First Men, we have stood as guardians against the cold and the dark. Through its long tradition, the Night’s Watch cultivated its strength from doomed men who had their life as their only possession. But my ancestor, Torrhen Stark, began a tradition by making an offering at the onset of winter: one in 10 men from our household was to be chosen to fortify the Watch. This is not a sentence but an honor. A duty embraced by all who serve the North. Even by mine own kin. The North must stand ready. Winter is coming.Cregan Stark, S2.Ep1: A Son for a Son
There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin. And no war so bloody as a war between dragons.Rhaenys Targaryen, (to Rhaenyra), S2.Ep3: The Burning Mill
Rhaenyra’s supporters will believe what they wish. And so will Aegon’s. The war will be fought, many will die, and the victor will eventually ascend the throne.Alicent Hightower, S2.Ep4: The Red Dragon and the Gold
The Targaryen who sits the Iron Throne is not just a king or a queen. They are a Protector. Ordained to lead the Seven Kingdoms, to strengthen them, and to unite them against a common foe.Rhaenyra Targaryen, (to Jace), S2.Ep4: The Red Dragon and the Gold
There are things the crown itself must not been seen to do. Show them your worst.Daemon Targaryen, (o Willem Blackwood), S2.Ep5: Regent
The enemy without may be fought with swords. The enemy within is more insidious.Larys Strong, S2.Ep6: Smallfolk
For 20 years, the lords of this realm levied insults at my sons behind my back. Well then, let us raise an army of bastards.Rhaenyra Targaryen, S2.Ep7: The Red Sowing
The dragons dance, and men are like dust under their feet. And all our fine thoughts, all our endeavors are as nothing. We march now toward our annihilation. To die will be a kind of relief.Criston Cole, (to Gwayne Hightower), S2.Ep8: The Queen Who Ever Was
It’s all a story, and you are but one part in it. You know your part.Helaena Targaryen, (to Daemon), S2.Ep8: The Queen Who Ever Was
You are the true queen, Rhaenyra. First of Her Name. Protector of the Realm. I am meant to serve you, and all of these with me, until death or the end of our story.Daemon Targaryen, S2.Ep8: The Queen Who Ever Was