“There are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces.” ~ Petyr Baelish

“It does not matter how brave or brilliant a man is, if his commands cannot be heard.” ~ Eddard Stark

“The higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall.” ~ Salladhor Saan

“There is a long league’s worth of difference between willful and stupid.” ~ Tywin Lannister

“For the oak recalls the acorn, the acorn dreams the oak, the stump lives in them both.” ~ The dwarf woman in A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

“Fear cuts deeper than swords.” ~ Arya Stark

“Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails.” ~ George R. R. Martin

“There is a tool for every task, and a task for every tool.” ~ Tywin Lannister in A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

“The gods give each of us our little gifts and talents, and it is meant for us to use them… Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.” ~ Lady Smallwood in A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

“The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.” ~ Tywin Lannister in A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin