“The gods don’t care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.”

“If walls could keep us small, peasants would all be tiny and kings as large as giants," said Ser Jorah. "I've seen huge men born in hovels, and dwarfs who dwelt in castles.”

“But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the plot, why read novels? We can just read Cliffs Notes.”

“be careful what you say. The gods may not be the only ones listening.”

“Kings rise and fall, Dunk thought, and cows and smallfolk go about their business.”

“Sure, I knew the differences between a space opera and a hard-boiled detective story and a historical novel...but I never cared about such differences. It seemed to me, then as now, that there are good stories and bad stories, and that was the only distinction that truly mattered.”

“A king had best know the names of his enemies, don’t you think?”