“Foolish woman, will holding it secret in your heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it become only a dream, less than a dream, a nightmare half-remembered? Oh, if only the gods would be so good.”

“You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.”

“A fable from the Age of Heroes." The maester tsked. "You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.”

“Bad dreams never come true. The both of them had been so young, that had sounded almost wise.”

“In my dreams, I kill him every night,' Robert admitted. 'A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves'.”

“Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?”

“Sometimes there is no happy choice, Sam, only one less grievous than the others.”