“It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true.”
“It is astonishing how few stories have been told perfectly.”
“It is astonishing how fragile we are as well as how strong..”
“This is the true wine of astonishment: "We are not over when we think we are.”
“The blood kept welling up and getting over things so that she couldn’t see what she was doing, which annoyed her; but she knew that theoretical clarity was unattainable in times of action.”
“The thing about you, her mother used to say, is that you never act out of character. You have no originality. But Nigora knew this was not true. Because she was going to act out of character, She was going (thought Nigora) to be herself. And yet: how could she? How could she?”