Top 500 George R.R. Martin Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.”

— George R.R. Martin

202. “There is an empty place within me where my heart once was.”

— George R.R. Martin

203. “A sweet face oft hides a sinner’s heart.”

— George R.R. Martin

204. “How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?”

— George R.R. Martin

205. “People work together when it suits them. They’re loyal when it suits them. They love each other when it suits them. And they kill each other when it suits them.”

— George R.R. Martin

206. “Even in dreams, you could not fall forever.”

— George R.R. Martin

207. “A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.”

— George R.R. Martin

208. “You’ve got a bold tongue, little man. One day, someone is like to cut it out and make you eat it.”

— George R.R. Martin

209. “Show me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead.”

— George R.R. Martin

210. “We only make peace with our enemies. That’s why it’s called making peace.”

— George R.R. Martin

211. “Speak the name, and death will come. On the morrow, at the turn of the moon, a year from this day, it will come. A man does not fly like a bird, but one foot moves and then another and one day a man is there.”

— George R.R. Martin

212. “I’ve always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they’re still human, and the human heart is still in conflict with the self.”

— George R.R. Martin

213. “Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man.”

— George R.R. Martin

214. “The heart lies and the head plays tricks on us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with your mouth. Smell with your nose. Feel with your skin. Then comes the thinking, afterward, and in a way knowing the truth.”

— George R.R. Martin

215. “You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.”

— George R.R. Martin

216. “If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.”

— George R.R. Martin

217. “Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.”

— George R.R. Martin

218. “A long summer always meant a long winter to come.”

— George R.R. Martin

219. “The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.”

— George R.R. Martin

220. “Writing is like sausage making in my view; you’ll all be happier in the end if you just eat the final product without knowing what’s gone into it.”

— George R.R. Martin

221. “Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.”

— George R.R. Martin

222. “I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.” Tyrion Lannister placed a hand over his heart and grinned.”

— George R.R. Martin

223. “Nothing’ isn’t better or worse than anything. Nothing is just... nothing.” Arya Stark.”

— George R.R. Martin

224. “The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.”

— George R.R. Martin

225. “Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He’ll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he’s copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day.”

— George R.R. Martin

226. “A man agrees with god as a raindrop agrees with the storm.”

— George R.R. Martin

227. “A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.”

— George R.R. Martin

228. “Politicians were mostly people who’d had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers.”

— George R.R. Martin

229. “Men of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves.”

— George R.R. Martin

230. “Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.”

— George R.R. Martin

231. “Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.”

— George R.R. Martin

232. “We’re all the heroes of our own stories. So, when I am inside the head of a character who would otherwise be considered a villain, I have a great deal of affection for that character and I’m trying to see the world and the events through their eyes.”

— George R.R. Martin

233. “We all dream of things we cannot have.”

— George R.R. Martin

234. “Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.”

— George R.R. Martin

235. “Faith is like porridge. Better with milk and honey.”

— George R.R. Martin

236. “Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.”

— George R.R. Martin

237. “Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.”

— George R.R. Martin

238. “All dwarfs are bastards in their father’s eyes.”

— George R.R. Martin

239. “A dead enemy is a joy forever.”

— George R.R. Martin

240. “Drowning was bad enough. But drowning sad and sober, that’s too cruel.”

— George R.R. Martin

241. “A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.”

— George R.R. Martin

242. “Give me the wisdom to know what must be done and the courage to do it.”

— George R.R. Martin

243. “Folly and desperation are ofttimes hard to tell apart.”

— George R.R. Martin

244. “I think life is a jape. Yours, mine, everyone’s.”

— George R.R. Martin

245. “Only lies offend me, never honest counsel.”

— George R.R. Martin

246. “But what a man can do and what a man will do are two different things, he knew.”

— George R.R. Martin

247. “More details, more devils.”

— George R.R. Martin

248. “You lie. Worse, you lie poorly.”

— George R.R. Martin

249. “Sleep is good. Books are better.”

— George R.R. Martin

250. “No fight is hopeless till it has been fought.”

— George R.R. Martin