“Jon lied ... loudly, as if that could make it true.”

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

“Nor was he Aemon Targaryen. Three times the old man had chosen, and three times he had chosen honor, but that was him. Even now, Jon could not decide whether the maester had stayed because he was weak and craven, or because he was strong and true.”

“The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves.- Lord Commander Mormont”

“Jon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister.”

“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.”

“You make us look bad', complained Toad.'You looked bad before I ever met you', Jon told him.”