There are those who have mistaken my caution for weakness. Let that be their undoing.
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.[to Jace]
The boys who clung to me, who hid their little faces in my skirts, dead, so that I may sit upon a throne of swords?
My mother was made to produce heirs until it killed her. I won’t subject myself to the same fate.[in High Valyrian]
It’s been said that as Targaryens, we are closer to gods than to men. And the Iron Throne puts us a touch closer, perhaps. But, if we are to serve the Seven Kingdoms, we must answer to their gods.[to Jacaerys and Lucerys]
If war’s first stroke is to fall, it will not be by my hand.
If dragons begin fighting dragons, we invite our own destruction. Fear of it is in itself a weapon.
I will never be a son.[in High Valyrian]
I may be the Princess of Dragonstone, but I am toothless.[to Criston]
I inherited 80 years of peace from my father. Before I was to end it, I needed to know that there was no other path.
Fire is such strange power. Everything that House Targaryen possesses is owed to it. Yet it has cost us both what we loved.[to Daemon]
Perhaps the Velaryons knew the truth of it. The sea is the better ally.[Daemon Targaryen]Fire is a prison. The sea offers an escape.[Rhaenyra Targaryen]
