“There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.”

“Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.”

“Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.”

“The brave man slays with a sword, the craven with a wineskin.”

“When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?”

“When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.”

“He is not my father. The thought leapt unbidden to Jon's mind. Lord Eddard Stark is my father. I will not forget him, no matter how many swords they give me. Yet he could scarcely tell Lord Mormont that it was another man's sword he dreamt of...”