What is this brief, mortal life, if not the pursuit of legacy?[to Rhaenys]
History does not remember blood. It remembers names.
Hope is the fool’s ally.
We are the realm’s second sons, Daemon. Our worth is not given. It must be made.
To elude a storm, you can either sail into it, or around it. But you must never await its coming.[to Viserys]
Heedless ambition has always been a Velaryon weakness.