“Was there ever a war where only one side bled?”

“We were king’s men, knights, and heroes . . . but some knights are dark and full of terror, my lady. War makes monsters of us all.”“Are you saying you are monsters?”“I am saying we are human. You are not the only one with wounds, Lady Brienne”

“Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”

“No one who wears a crown is ever safe.”

“No one sang up there. No one ever laughed too loud. Even the gods were silent.”

“Only a fool would ever claim she was more beautiful than I. The world was full of fools, however.”

“Everything Syrio Forel had ever taught her vanished in a heartbeat. In that instant of sudden terror, the only lesson Arya could remember was the one Jon Snow had given her, the very first.She stuck him with the pointy end, driving the blade upward with a wild, hysterical strength.”