“It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.”
“Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?”
“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her. "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace." He gave a shrug. "They never are.”
“When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.”
“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.”
“The High Septon once told me that as we sin, so do we suffer. If that’s true, Lord Eddard, tell me… why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?”