“Still ... in this world only winter is certain.”

“Our maester chuckled at me and told us that Prince Rhaegar was certain to defeat this rebel. That was when Stark said, 'In this world only winter is certain. We may lose our heads, it's true . . . but what if we should prevail?' My father sent him on his way with his head still on his shoulders. 'If you lose,' he told Lord Eddard, 'you were never here.'""No more than I was," said Davos Seaworth.”

“The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.”

“For among these winters there is one so endlessly winter that only by wintering through it will your heart survive. - Rilke”

“There's a certain slant of light,On winter afternoons,That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes.”

“In those days, Christmas still retained a certain aura of magic and mystery. The powdery light of winter, the hopeful expressions of people who lived among shadows and silence, lent that setting a slight air of promise in which at least children and those who had learned the art of forgetting could still believe.”