George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin, often referred to as GRRM, is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the HBO dramatic series Game of Thrones...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 September 1948
CountryUnited States of America
crowns safe
No one who wears a crown is ever safe.
ice wind storm
For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.
i-can
I can be humbler than anyone.
horse night wanted-love
He never wanted love, though. You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your halls on a cold night.
fire dragons calm
He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon
morning hero thinking
You don't just have people who wake up in the morning and say, "What evil things can I do today, because I'm Mr. Evil?" People do things for what they think are justified reasons. Everybody is the hero of their own story, and you have to keep that in mind. If you read a lot of history, as I do, even the worst and most monstrous people thought they were the good guys. We're all very tangled knots.
drunk alcohol way
There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.
happy-endings
There are no happy endings.
dark night light
Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.
ifs
If? The word is when.
sorry sea justice
I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had.’ He turned to face the hall, that sea of pale faces. ‘I wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. I am innocent, but I will get no justice here.
dream sleep needs
I need to sleep, but fear to dream.
virtue stills
I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue.
dark night men
The sun will soon be setting, and corpses make poor company by night. These were dark and dangerous men, alive. I doubt that death will have improved them.