“A ruler who kills those devoted to her is not a ruler who inspires devotion.”

— Tyrion Lannister

“I have always found revenge to be the purest of motivations.”

— Petyr Baelish

“It’s better to be cruel than weak.”

– Theon Greyjoy

“The freedom to make my own mistakes was all I ever wanted.”

– Mance Rayder

“Any man who must say ‘I am the King’ is no true King.”

– Tywin Lannister

“It’s the family name that lives on. It’s all that lives on.”

— Tywin Lannister

“You know nothing, Jon Snow.”

– Ygritte

“It’s easy to confuse what is with what ought to be, especially when what is has worked out in your favor.”

— Tyrion Lannister

“Leave one wolf alive and the sheep are never safe.”

— Arya Stark

“There’s a beast in every man, and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand.”

— Jorah Mormont

“By what right does the wolf judge the lion?”

— Jaime Lannister

“Nothing isn’t better or worse than anything. Nothing is just nothing.”

— Arya Stark

“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone. That’s why I read so much.”

— Tyrion Lannister

“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.”

— Ned Stark

“Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again.”

— Petyr Baelish

“The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb; they cling to the real or the gods or love.”

— Petyr Baelish

“There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today.’”

— Syrio Forel

“Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.”

— Tyrion Lannister

“The powerful have always preyed on the powerless. That’s how they became powerful in the first place.”

— Tyrion Lannister

“A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of a sheep.”

— Tywin Lannister

“Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick. A shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”

— Lord Varys