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Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit.

Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy.

Kill the boy and let the man be born.

War makes monsters of us all.

The worst is just beginning, and there are no happy endings.

Knowledge is a weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to battle.

Any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king at all.

Perhaps you should speak more softly to me , then. Monsters are dangerous beasts, and just now kings seem to be dying like flies.

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave

So they will not love for love is the bane of honor, the death of duty.

The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.

You wear your honor like a suit of armor, Stark. You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.

The heart of a stallion would make her son strong and swift and fearless, or so the Dothraki believed, but only if the mother could eat it all. If she choked on the blood or retched up the flesh, the omens were less favorable; the child might be stillborn, or come forth weak, deformed, or female.

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.

Fear cuts deeper than swords

You are slow to learn, Lord Eddard. Distrusting me was the wisest thing you've done since you climbed down off your horse.

I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.