"Fiction is lies; we're writing about people who never existed and events that never happened when we write fiction, whether its science fiction or fan...












The hard truths are the ones to hold tight.-The Old Bear, A Game of Thrones
More George R. R. Martin quotes
"It’s you and me that matters to me and you.
"Then a begging brother in a tattered brown robe said a blessing on his sword, and a maid kissed his cheek. 'They are for me,' "Why?" He asked Pate. "W...
"People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.
"There are gods and there are true knights too. All the stories can't be lies.
"The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,
"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
"Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.
"It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.
"He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wron...
"Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
"Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.
"The truth will set us free. But freedom is cold and empty and frightening, and lies can often be warm and beautiful.