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
daughter kings clever
The gods made the earth for all men t' share. Only when the kings come with their crowns and steel swords, they claimed it was all theirs. "My trees," they said, "you can't eat them apples. My stream, you can't fish here. My wood, you're not t' hunt. My earth, my water, my castle, my daughter, keep your hands away or I'll chop 'em off, but maybe if you kneel t' me I'll let you have a sniff." You call us thieves, but at least a thief has t' be brave and clever and quick. A kneeler only has t' kneel.
old-friends stories used
Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.
diversity different thrones
Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.
big-fish storm paddling
The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)
daughter wall gargoyles
Littlefinger: A trade envoy from Lys once observed to me that Lord Stannis must love his daughter very well, since he'd erected hundreds of statues of her all along the walls of Dragonstone. Tyrion: My lord, those are gargoyles.
daughter queens rocks
I am Cersei of House Lannister, a lion of the Rock, the rightful queen of these Seven Kingdoms, trueborn daughter of Tywin Lannister. And hair grows back.
stripes delight might
If H. P. Lovecraft and H. L. Mencken had ever collaborated, they might have come up with something like The Edge of Reason. This one will delight thinkers-and outrage true believers-of all stripes.
rage ends
When the end comes, I will meet it raging.
happy-endings
There are no happy endings.
bitter treason bitter-truth
Is it treason to say the truth? A bitter truth, but no less true for that.
brave weasels geese
Ser Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.
calumny
The best calumnies are spiced with truth.
sober enough drowning
Drowning was bad enough. But drowning sad and sober, that's too cruel.
league way jaime-lannister
I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.