rhaenyra targaryen

“all i want is love that lasts. is all i want too much to ask?” she sat across from rhaenyra, feeling every bit as naive as the statement sounded. “is it something wrong with me?” she knew it was unlikly she’d find a love match. she was nearly of age and soon she’d be promised to a lord who sought to be close to the hand of the king, or she’d be promised to whoever won her father’s approval.

❝ it will heal in time. ❞

❝ you’re so beautiful. ❞

❝ this all must be difficult for you. ❞

❝ i too lost my mother when i was a young girl. ❞

❝ i feel that you and i are bound. ❞

❝ you will be the ruin of me. ❞

❝ men use women. they ruin us, and when they are finished with us, they toss us to their dogs like scraps. ❞

❝ first i will take your life, my lord. and then i’ll take your throne. ❞

❝ mirror, mirror, on the wall. who is the fairest of them all? ❞

❝ is there no end to your power and beauty? ❞

❝ what happened to you? ❞

❝ ____? is he alive? ❞

❝ your son? handsome. obviously a debt owed to his mother. ❞

❝ there was a time i would have lost my heart to a face like yours. ❞

❝ magic comes at a lofty price. ❞

❝ i have something for what ails you. ❞

❝ did i wake you? ❞

❝ get me out of here! ❞

❝ you swore that you would protect me! ❞

❝ there’s no one i can trust. ❞

❝ what good is gold to me if i’m lying dead with the crows picking at my eyes? ❞

❝ what would you give, to see ____ again? ❞

❝ a life for a life. ❞

❝ what makes you so damn valuable? ❞

❝ i’m getting away from you. you’re trouble, that’s what you are. ❞

❝ i know sheep that have more fight in them. ❞

❝ who are you? ❞

❝ i still don’t trust you. ❞

❝ give me that, before you lose a finger. ❞

❝ we are all that’s left, don’t you understand? ❞

❝ do you drink to drown your sorrows, or your conscience? ❞

❝ i suppose a man’s sorrows are his own. ❞

❝ what does a young girl like you know about sorrow? ❞

❝ i want to show you something. ❞

❝ if someone comes at you, you raise this arm up, you block and use their strength against them. ❞

❝ you drive it through their heart, to the hilt. do not hesitate. look in their eyes and do not pull it out until you see their soul. ❞

❝ i told you to run. ❞

❝ you have traveled far, and carried a great burden. ❞

❝ i’ve had worse jobs. ❞

❝ why didn’t you tell me? ❞

❝ i didn’t trust you. i’m sorry. ❞

❝ anything i ever cared about was taken away from me. not this time. ❞

❝ i don’t like killing girls. ❞

❝ i don’t like this. sounds like trouble. ❞

❝ shut up, princess. ❞

❝ let’s get the hell out of here. ❞

❝ where are we? ❞

❝ that seat is not taken, if that’s what you were about to ask. ❞

❝ there’s no need to thank me. ❞

❝ i know i’m a bit cheeky, but… would you care for a dance? ❞

❝ i’ve felt peculiar. queer, almost. ❞

❝ how much have you had to drink? ❞

❝ i thought you said you’ll let bygones be bygones. ❞

❝ what’s in it for you? ❞

❝ you have eyes, but you do not see. ❞

❝ she screamed your name, but you weren’t there. ❞

❝ we used to have pride. now we just pilfer, drink, and dream about when we didn’t. ❞

❝ if i had thought you were alive, i would have come for you. ❞

❝ i used to hate her, but now i feel only sorrow. ❞

❝ if i had a choice, i’d take you far away. keep you safe by my side. ❞

❝ i have a duty. so do you. ❞

❝ i would have done anything for you. ❞

❝ you see? love always betrays us. ❞

❝ what are you looking at? do something! ❞

❝ you deserved better. ❞

❝ you both deserved better, and i’m so sorry i failed you. ❞

❝ your grief clouds your judgment. ❞

❝ death favors no man. ❞

❝ all these years, all i’ve known is darkness. ❞

❝ i’d rather die today than live another day of this death. ❞

❝ six against an army. i like them odds. ❞

❝ how does it feel, knowing you were the one who led them to their deaths? ❞

❝ you see, we’re not that different, are we? ❞

❝ i’m everything you’re not. ❞

❝ you can’t have my heart. ❞

" PRINCE DAEMON --- a rogue if there ever was one. "

" a targaryen must be seated on the iron throne. a king or queen. strong enough to unite the realm against the cold and the dark. "

' BEAUTIFUL, isn't it? ' he inquired. His hand was held outstretched, in the space between them, in the quiet corridor . . .

( too quiet -- he noted -- as the festivities were roaring through the doors behind them )

Over his hand dangled a petite bracelet -- colors of pale white shimmered in the flickering lamps.

( There it was -- he heard the music once more -- the outpour of love for Viserys and his second wife )

' Pearls, they call them. Plucked from the ocean -- incredibly rare, and quite expensive, my dear niece. '

He understood, to a degree, the pain she likely felt on the day that should have been joyous. Lords and ladies celebrated a union that shouldn't have been. Ales and food flowed freely, music danced off the walls and smiles all around. Yet she hadn't smiled. Not once.

' Here -- put it on. '

Her Uncle had always seemed to have a penchant for appearing when she’d least expected him. 

Pale eyes had initially watched Daemon quite warily, but after their initial usual greetings and banter, he had produced a thin, fragile appearing thing between them. Another gift...?

Despite herself, Rhaenyra stepped forward as though a moth to a flame, fingers outstretching to gently brush against one of the delicate beads. “Pearls?” she repeated, eyes lifting from the bracelet to meet Daemon’s gaze. “They are quite beautiful. Wherever did you find such a thing, uncle, if they are indeed so rare?” she found herself asking, finally drawing her finger away from the jewelry before raising one wrist, holding it aloft. 

“Would you fasten it for me?” Their new routine, it seemed. One that she looked forward to more than she would ever admit aloud. 

everybody dies sooner or later. don’t worry about your death.

hard truths cut both ways.

everything’s better with some wine in the belly.

you never love anything in the world the way you love your first child.

someday, if you’re lucky, you will wake up and realize you are old.

it’s better to be cruel than weak.

nothing fucks you harder than time.

money buys a man’s silence for a time, a bolt in the heart buys it forever.

take charge of your life for as long as it lasts.

if you only trust the people you grew up with, you won’t make many allies.

nothing makes the past a sweeter place to visit than the prospect of imminent death.

sometimes nothing is the hardest thing to do.

you were the brother I chose.

the people are hungry for more than just food, they crave distractions.

never forget what you are. the rest of the world will not. wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.

today is not the day i die.

nothing isn’t better or worse than anything. nothing is just nothing.

only death may pay for life.

trying to have me killed is an odd way of saying thank you.

no one walks away from me.

an unhappy wife is a wine merchant’s best friend.

i've never slept with a knight before.

everyone who isn’t us is an enemy.

trouble is the perfect time for training.

i think mothers and fathers made up the gods because they wanted their children to sleep through the night.

we mothers do what we can to keep our sons from the grave.

even the bravest men fear death.

far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons. doesn’t seem right.

men never crave what they already have.

if they don’t know who you are or what you want, they can’t know what you plan to do next.

you’re not a monster, i know this.

if you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.

marriage changes people.

sometimes severity is the price we pay for greatness.

death is so boring, especially now, with so much excitement in the world.

what do we do to those who’ve hurt the ones we love?

death by fire is the purest death.

the next time you fail me will be the last time you fail me.

the more people you love, the weaker you are: you’ll do things for them that you know you shouldn’t do.

i will not become a page in someone else’s history book.

look around you, we’re all liars here.

it doesn’t matter what we want, once we get it, then we want something else.

remember what you are and what you are not.

it’s the family name that lives on. that’s all that lives on. not your personal glory, not your honour, but family.

what we don’t know is usually what gets us killed.

there are always lessons in failures.

what is dead may never die.

it’s hard to put a leash on a dog once you’ve put a crown on its head.

a lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.

it’s not easy being drunk all the time. everyone would do it, if it were easy.

always keep your foes confused.

loyal service means telling hard truths.

we all do our duty when there’s no cost to it. honour comes easy then.

a man who fights for gold can’t afford to lose to a girl.

the gods have no mercy, that’s why they’re gods.

the world is built by killers.

sometimes it is better to answer injustice with mercy.

most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it.

tears aren’t a woman’s only weapon.

a man without friends is a man without power.

what sort of monster would do such a thing? As if men need more reasons to fear marriage.

a wise king knows what he knows and what he doesn’t.

an apology doesn’t mean anything if you’re not looking the person in the eye.

i believe in second chances, i don’t believe in third chances.

dead rats don’t squeak.

it’s not an easy thing admitting to yourself what you really are.

you’re just a soldier, aren’t you? you take your orders and you carry on.

we don’t get to choose who we love.

nothing’s more hateful than failing to protect the one you love.

there’s so much good in all of us, the best we can do is to help each other bring it out.

it takes courage to admit fear.

next time i have an idea like that, punch me in the face.

only a fool makes threats he’s not prepared to carry out.

wars teach people to obey the sword, not the gods.

so many men, they risk so little. they spend their lives avoiding danger and then they die.

what good is power if you cannot protect the ones you love?

there are no men like me. only me.

no one can protect me, no one can protect anyone.

perhaps we’ve grown so used to horror we assume there’s no other way.

no one can survive in this world without help. no one.

of all the ways I’d kill you, poison would be the last.

we all fail sometimes.

a day will come when you think you’re safe and happy, and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth; and you will know the debt is paid.

a good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad the good.

a man with no motive is a man no one suspects.

show too much kindness, people won’t fear you; if they don’t fear you, they don’t follow you.

it is beautiful beneath the sea, but if you stay too long, you’ll drown.

the gods love to reward a fool.

if you want to build a better home, first you must demolish the old one.

i don’t want to be most of us.

they can live in my new world or they can die in their old one.

some day i’m going to put a sword through your eye and out the back of your skull.