If the King isn’t feared, he is powerless. If you are to be a strong queen, you must cultivate love and respect, yes, but your subjects must fear you.[to Rhaenyra]
I will speak of my brother as I wish. You will not.[to Corlys]
A true queen counts the cost to her people.
You toil still in service to men. Your father, your husband, your son. You desire not to be free, but to make a window in the wall of your prison. Have you never imagined yourself on the Iron Throne?[to Alicent]
Where is duty? Where is sacrifice? It’s trampled under your pretty foot again.[to Rhaenyra]
When one is never invited to speak, one learns instead to observe.
When dragons flew to war… everything burned. I do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone.
We play an ugly game. And now, for the first time, I see that you have the determination to win it.[to Alicent]
You could have Baratheon’s tongue for that.[Otto Hightower]Tongues will not change the succession. Let them wag.[Viserys Targaryen]
There is no power but what the people allow you to take.
There are times when I would rather face the Black Dread himself than mine own daughter of 15.[to Alicent]
Take care not to startle Syrax, my lords. She’s rather protective of me.
