“The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.”

“These Kingsguard knights are as useless as nipples on a breastplate.”

“You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.”

“At the Trident, those brave men Viserys spoke of who died beneath our dragon banners - did they give their lives because they believed in Rhaegar's cause, or because they had been bought and paid for?" Dany turned to Mormont, crossed her arms, and waited for an answer."My queen," the big man said slowly, "all you say is true. But Rhaegar lost on the Trident. He lost the battle, he lost the war, he lost the kingdom, and he lost his life. His blood swirled downriver with the rubies from his breastplate, and Robert the Usurper rode over his corpse to steal the Iron Throne. Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.”

“A frightened man is a beaten man.”

“A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. Every little girl learns that from her mother.”

“A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf.”