Game of Thrones: The Best Quotes from Season 5

Everyone wants to know their future… until they know their future.Maggy, S5.Ep1: The Wars to Come

Any fool with a bit of luck can find himself born into power. But earning it for yourself, that takes work.Lord Varys, S5.Ep1: The Wars to Come

The powerful have always preyed on the powerless. That’s how they became powerful in the first place.Tyrion Lannister, S5.Ep1: The Wars to Come

Perhaps we’ve grown so used to horror we assume there’s no other way.Lord Varys, S5.Ep1: The Wars to Come

The freedom to make my own mistakes was all I ever wanted.Mance Rayder, S5.Ep1: The Wars to Come

Someone who’s forgotten fear has forgotten how to hide.Daario Naharis, S5.Ep2: The House of Black and White

Show too much kindness, people won’t fear you. If they don’t fear you, they don’t follow you.Stannis Baratheon, S5.Ep2: The House of Black and White

Nothing’s worth anything to dead men.Arya Stark, S5.Ep2: The House of Black and White

The best way to forge a lasting alliance isn’t by peeling a man’s skin off. The best way is marriage.Roose Bolton, S5.Ep3: High Sparrow

There’s no justice in the world. Not unless we make it.Petyr Baelish, S5.Ep3: High Sparrow

Nothing’s more hateful than failing to protect the one you love.Brienne of Tarth, S5.Ep3: High Sparrow

Hypocrisy is a boil. Lancing a boil is never pleasant.High Sparrow, S5.Ep3: High Sparrow

The faith and the crown are the two pillars that hold up this world. One collapses, so does the other.Cersei Lannister, S5.Ep3: High Sparrow

Every ambitious move is a gamble.Petyr Baelish, S5.Ep3: High Sparrow

Someone who inspires priests and whores is worth taking seriously.Lord Varys, S5.Ep3: High Sparrow

Wars teach people to obey the sword, not the gods.High Sparrow, S5.Ep4: Sons of the Harpy

There’s only one war. Life against death.Melisandre, S5.Ep4: Sons of the Harpy

The dead don’t need lovers. Only the living.Melisandre, S5.Ep4: Sons of the Harpy

Even the most dangerous men can be outmaneuvered.Petyr Baelish, S5.Ep4: Sons of the Harpy

Corpses raise questions. Questions raise armies.Jaime Lannister, S5.Ep4: Sons of the Harpy

You will find little joy in your command, but with luck, you will find the strength to do what needs to be done. Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy, and let the man be born.Maester Aemon, S5.Ep5: Kill the Boy

An apology doesn’t mean anything if you’re not looking the person in the eye.Ramsay Bolton, S5.Ep5: Kill the Boy

It takes courage to admit fear.Daenerys Targaryen, S5.Ep5: Kill the Boy

It’s better to wait for the right time than risk everything.Davos Seaworth, S5.Ep7: The Gift

All rulers are either butchers or meat.Daario Naharis, S5.Ep7: The Gift

No matter who you are, no matter how strong you are, sooner or later, you’ll face circumstances beyond your control.Cersei Lannister, S5.Ep7: The Gift

A ruler who kills those devoted to her is not a ruler who inspires devotion.Tyrion Lannister, S5.Ep8: Hardhome

Belief is so often the death of reason.Qyburn, S5.Ep8: Hardhome

I’m not going to stop the wheel. I’m going to break the wheel.Daenerys Targaryen, S5.Ep8: Hardhome

Sometimes a man has to make hard choices, choices that might look wrong to others, but you know are right in the long run.Samwell Tarly, S5.Ep8: Hardhome

It’s always changing, who we’re supposed to love and who we’re not. The only thing that stays the same is that we want who we want.Ellaria Sand, S5.Ep9: The Dance of Dragons

If a man knows what he is and remains true to himself the choice is no choice at all. He must fulfill his destiny and become who he is meant to be. However much he may hate it.Stannis Baratheon, S5.Ep9: The Dance of Dragons

It’s easy to confuse what is with what ought to be, especially when what is has worked out in your favor.Tyrion Lannister, S5.Ep9: The Dance of Dragons

Eloquent men are right every bit as often as imbeciles.Tyrion Lannister, S5.Ep9: The Dance of Dragons

If I’m going to die, let it happen while there is still some of me left.Sansa Stark, S5.Ep10: Mother's Mercy

We don’t choose whom we love.Jaime Lannister, S5.Ep10: Mother's Mercy

Information is the key. You need to learn your enemy’s strengths and strategies. You need to learn which of your friends are not your friends.Lord Varys, S5.Ep10: Mother's Mercy