"Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.












The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear
More George R. R. Martin quotes
"Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.
"Armageddon,' Sandy said. 'The final battle. The ultimate confrontation between good and evil. That's what armageddon is supposed to be. Right?'Hobbins...
"They were in a long line, an endless line, and as they burst from the wood there was an instant, the smallest part of a heartbeat, when all Catelyn sa...
"Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond.
"My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish
"The battle fever. He had never thought to experience it himself, though Jamie had told him of it often enough. How time seemed to blur and slow and ev...
"The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)
"Was there ever a war where only one side bled?
"Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.
"Gold has its uses, but war is won with iron.
"She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings o...
"It's death and destruction I want to bring down upon House Lannister, not scorn. Jon said.
"...Prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how ...
"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.