A Game of Thrones is the first book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy fiction series.
The series was made into a successful HBO television show.
Here are some powerful quotes from the book ‘A Game of Thrones’.
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A Game of Thrones Quotes by George R.R. Martin
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“It was queer how sometimes a child’s innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“A Lannister always pays his debts.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“A true man does what he will, not what he must.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“A man who won’t listen can’t hear.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
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Quotes from A Game of Thrones
“The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice…” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends,” Ser Jorah told her. “It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.” He gave a shrug. “They never are.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“What is honor compared to a woman’s love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms . . . or the memory of a brother’s smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“The High Septon once told me that as we sin, so do we suffer. If that’s true, Lord Eddard, tell me… why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
Top A Game of Thrones Quotes
“You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you…” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Fear cuts deeper than swords.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’
‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“You can’t hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn’t mean it’s useless.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Laughter is poison to fear.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what’s on the other side?” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“The man who fears losing has already lost.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
Famous A Game of Thrones Quotes
“Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with your mouth. Smell with your nose. Feel with your skin. Then comes the thinking, afterward, and in that way knowing the truth.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“You wear your honor like a suit of armor… You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“A bruise is a lesson… and each lesson makes us better.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
Popular Game of Thrones Quotes by George R.R. Martin
“Nothing burns like the cold.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Life is not a song, sweetling.
Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“All dwarfs may be bastards yet not all bastards are dwarfs.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer and I have my mind…and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That’s why I read so much Jon Snow.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“If I look back I am lost.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.” ~ George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones.
Powerful A Game of Thrones Quotes
“A lion doesn’t concern itself with the opinion of sheep.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Nothing burns like the cold. But only for a while. Then it gets inside you and starts to fill you up, and after a while you don’t have the strength to fight it.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I’ll sleep more easily by night.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Winter is coming.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
“There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.” ~ George R.R. Martin (quote from A Game of Thrones).
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