Game of Thrones – Series Quotes [Season 2]

A man is what others say he is and no more.

— What are you doing?
— Praying.
— You're perfect, aren't you? Praying. What are you praying for?
— For the gods to have mercy on us all.
— Oh. On all of us?
— Yes, Your Grace.
— Even me?
— Of course, Your Grace.
— Even Joffrey?
— Joffrey is my...
— Oh, shut up, you little fool. Praying to the gods to have mercy on us all. The gods have no mercy. That's why they're gods. My father told me that when he caught me praying. My mother had just died, you see. I didn't really understand the concept of death, the finality of it. I thought that if I prayed very, very hard, the gods would return my mother to me.

I will hurt you for this. 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.

Great rangers never get old is the problem. Shit ones neither. It's them in the middle that last a long time.

Don't trust anybody. Life is safer that way.

Moving carefully is the hard way, but it's the right way.

Loyal service means telling hard truths.

For men in our position, holding grudges can be an encumbrance, don't you think?

Friends are such an important part of life.

— Ser Rodrik, it grieves me that we meet as foes.
— It grieves me you've less honor than a back alley whore.

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

— The Iron Throne is mine by right. All those that deny that are my foes.
— The whole realm denies it, from Dorne to the Wall. Old men deny it with their death rattle and unborn children deny it in their mother's wombs.

— My sister wants to hurt me. She'll look for any weakness she can find. She can't know about you.
— I'm the weakness?
— It's a compliment, my lady.
— How is being a weakness a compliment?