You can’t ever win if you’re always on the defensive. To win, you have to attack!
When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should—so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.
When people are protecting something truly precious to them. They truly can become…as strong as they need to be!
There are times when you have to give up on one thing to preserve the other.
Nothing's more hateful than failing to protect the one you love.
People who don't care about their lives shouldn't protect others.
Someone has to protect this family from the man who protects this family.
— I'll gladly give my life.
— I don't want you to be glad about it. I want you to curse and fight until your heart's done pumping. And know this, boy. Your death will be a gift for them south of the Wall. They'll never know what you've done. They'll never know how you died. They won't even know your damn name. But they'll be alive because some nameless bastard north of the Wall gave his life for theirs.
— Solitary.
— Why?
— For protection.
— I don't need protection.
— Protection for them.