The Stranger has visited me more times than I can count, Grand Maester. I assure you, he cares little whether my eyes are open or closed.
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.[o Rhaenyra]
The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power.
No matter how fat the leech grows, it always wants for another meal.[to Otto]
No king has ever lived that hasn’t had to forfeit the lives of a few to protect the many.
My mother was made to produce heirs until it killed her. I won’t subject myself to the same fate.[in High Valyrian]
My brother’s city has fallen into squalor. Crime of every breed has been allowed to thrive. No longer. Beginning tonight, King’s Landing will learn to fear the color gold.
Men would sooner put the realm to the torch than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne.[to Rhaenyra]
Many in my line have been dragon riders. Very few among us have been dreamers. What is the power of a dragon, next to the power of prophecy?[to Alicent]
They are using us.[Laena Velaryon]It’s refreshing, isn’t it? A simple transaction. We have dragons, they have gold.[Daemon Targaryen]
It’s no easy thing for a man to be a dragonslayer. But dragons can kill dragons. And have.
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]
