“Bastard children were born from lust and lies, men said; their nature was wanton and treacherous." — Jon Snow”

“There were times—not many, but a few—when Jon Snow was glad he was a bastard.”

“Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.”

“All men must die, Jon Snow. But first we'll live. -Ygritte”

“Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice when it creates beauty and showing sympathy for and paying homage to aristocratic privilege.”

“Tyrion Lannister had claimed that most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it, but Jon was done with denials. He was who he was; Jon Snow, bastard and oathbreaker, motherless, friendless, and damned. For the rest of his life-however long that might be-he would be condemned to be an outsider, the silent man standing in the shadows who dares not speak his true name.”