Nothing discourages unwanted questions as much as a flow of pious bleating.
My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.
Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.
Kings have no friends, only subjects and enemies.
I’ve lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother. And yet they keep telling me House Lannister won this war.
And the crow once called the raven black.
You’ll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men.
You should have learned by now, none of us get the things we want.
You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.
You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you…
You know nothing, Jon Snow.[repeated often in the rest of the book]
Words are wind.[repeated often in the rest of the book]