Why do you think I am so little? I'm being crushed beneath the weight of all that truth.
He once told me that being a lord is like being a father, except you have thousands of children and you worry about all of them. The farmers plowing the fields are yours to protect. The charwomen scrubbing the floors, yours to protect. The soldiers you order into battle. He told me he woke with fear in the morning and went to bed with fear in the night. I didn't believe him. I asked him, "How can a man be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave," he told me.
If the gods wanted us to have dignity, they wouldn't make us fart when we died.
— What killed him?
— Loyalty.
But a man without friends is a man without power.
We've had vicious kings and we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king.
— They say he can't be killed.
— And do you believe them?
— No, My lord. Anyone can be killed.
— This will be my last war. Win or lose.
— Have you ever lost before?
— Do you think l'd be in my position if I had lost a war?
— Stannis has more infantry, more ships, more horses. What do we have?
— There's that mind of yours you keep going on about.
— Well, I've never actually been able to kill people with it.
— Good thing. I'd be out of a job.
Shadows cannot live in the dark, Ser Davos. They are servants of light, the children of fire. And the brighter the flame, the darker they are.
— You should kneel before your brother. He's the Lord's chosen, born amidst salt and smoke.
— Born amidst salt and smoke? Is he a ham?
If war were arithmetic, the mathematicians would rule the world.
One day I pray you love someone. I pray you love her so much, when you close your eyes, you see her face. I want that for you. I want you to know what it's like to love someone, to truly love someone. Before I take her from you.
— Three victories don't make you a conqueror.
— It's better than three defeats.
— Most men like what they see.
— I'm not like most men.
— That's what most men say.
— The Targaryens built this city to withstand a siege and to provide escape if necessary.
— I'm not escaping. Strange as it sounds, I'm the captain of the ship, and if the ship goes down, I go with her.
— That is good to hear. Though I'm sure many captains say the same while their ship is afloat.
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