[Spoilers All] Favorite Quotes?

A few months ago I made a list of my top 100 quotes from ASOIAF, the book series. Here's the post: http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/29cl5g/spoilers_all_what_is_your_favorite_asoiaf_quote/ . I copy & pasted my top 50 below.


You could choose to include a quote from the show as well. I went a bit nuts and made a list of my Top 100, ranked in order!


1

“Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?”

“That is the only time a man can be brave."

  • Bran & Eddard Stark

2

"There are no men like me. There's only me."

  • Jaime Lannister

3

“He won’t be a boy forever… and winter is coming.”

  • Eddard Stark

4

“Oh my sweet summer child, what do you know of fear?”

  • Old Nan

5

“The things I do for love.”

  • Jaime Lannister

6

“You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live.”

  • Ygritte

7

“Life is not a song, sweetling. Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.”

  • Petyr Baelish

8

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

  • Cersei Lannister

9

"Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, and Rhaegar died."

  • Jorah Mormont

10

"Jaime Lannister sends his regards."

  • Roose Bolton

11

"There is only one god, and His name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: 'not today'."

  • Syrio Forel

12

“The north remembers, Lord Davos."

  • Wyman Manderly

13

"You will never walk again... but you will fly."

  • Bloodraven

14

“Edd, fetch me a block.”

  • Jon Snow

15

Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.

  • Vow of the Night's Watch

16

“Egg? Egg, I dreamed that I was old.”

  • Aemon Targaryen

17

Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan's stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. Needle was Jon Snow's smile.

  • Arya Stark

18

"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge."

  • Tyrion Lannister

19

“You know nothing, Jon Snow.”

  • Ygritte

20

“Power resides where men believe it resides… It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall.”

  • Varys

21

"What is our heart’s desire?"

"Vengeance." His voice was soft, as if he were afraid that someone might be listening. "Justice." Prince Doran pressed the onyx dragon into her palm and whispered, "Fire and blood."

  • Arianne & Doran Martell

22

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.”

  • Eddard Stark

23

You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat.

  • Daenerys Targaryen

24

"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."

  • Tyrion Lannister

25

“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.”

  • Eddard Stark

26

”For the night is dark and full of terrors.”

  • Words of R'hllor

27

”What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger.”

  • Words of the Drowned God

28

"So I will only ask you once, Lord Snow. Are you a brother of the Night's Watch, or a bastard boy who wants to play at war?"

  • Jeor Mormont

29

“Who are you?”

“No one.”

”A lie. A sad little lie, child."

  • The Kindly Man & Arya

30

Ser Gerold Hightower had begun his history, and Ser Barristan Selmy had continued it, but the rest Jaime Lannister would need to write for himself. He could write whatever he chose, henceforth.

Whatever he chose ...

  • Jaime Lannister

31

“Will you make a song for him?"

"He has a song. He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire.”

  • Elia Martell & Rhaegar Targaryen

32

“I’m honest. It’s the world that’s awful.”

  • Sandor Clegane

33

”Wherever whores go.”

  • Tywin Lannister

34

”When I die, please let them bury me with a crossbow, so I can thank the Father Above for his gifts the same way I thanked the Father Below."

  • Tyrion Lannister

35

”The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. They never are."

  • Jorah Mormont

36

“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”

  • Eddard Stark

37

“Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever."

  • Mully

38

“What is the life of one bastard boy against a kingdom?”

“Everything.”

  • Stannis & Davos

39

A Lannister always pays his debts.

  • a common saying

40

“Is there gold hidden in the village?” she shouted as she drove the blade up through his back. “Is there silver? Gems?” She stabbed twice more. “Is there food? Where is Lord Beric?” She was on top of him by then, still stabbing. “Where did he go? How many men were with him? How many knights? How many bowmen? How many, how many, how many, how many, how many, how many? Is there gold in the village?”

  • Arya Stark

41

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

  • Tyrion Lannister

42

"There is a savage beast in every man, and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand."

  • Jorah Mormont

43

“Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him.”

  • Theon Greyjoy

44

“In the dark, I am the Knight of Flowers.”

  • Tyrion Lannister

45

”You want to know the horrible truth? I can’t even remember what she looked like. I only know she was the one thing I ever wanted, and seven kingdoms couldn’t fill the hole she left behind.”

  • Robert Baratheon

46

”He would see this country burn if he could be king of the ashes.”

  • Varys

47

“First lesson, stick them with the pointy end.”

  • Jon Snow

48

“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”

  • Tyrion Lannister

49

”Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy. Now you are truly lost.”

  • Rodrik Cassel

50

No, don’t, don’t cut my hair, Ned loves my hair.

  • Catelyn Stark
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