“Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.”
“A weak King must be what other Kings have been; a strong King is himself, and from then on the meaning of the name of King is changed.”
“Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself ... swore to myself ... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies ... now I can't even tell one from the other.”
“A king had best know the names of his enemies, don’t you think?”
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
“The preacher must have, "bonds of a servant with the spirit of a king, a king in high, royal, independent bearing, with the simplicity and sweetness of a child.”