A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)
George R.R. Martin
Ser Cleos raised a shout. When Jaime looked up, Brienne was lumbering along the clifftop well ahead of them, having cut across a finger of land while they were following the bend in the river. She threw herself off the rock, and looked almost graceful as she folded into a dive. It would have been ungracious to hope that she would smash her head on a stone.
funny humour
After the brightness of the morning, the interior of the pavilion seemed cool and dim. Stannis seated himself on a plain wooden camp stool and waved Davos to another. One day I may make you a lord, smuggler. If only to irk Celtigar and Florent. You will not thank me, though. It will mean you must suffer through these councils, and feign interest in the braying of mules. Why do you have them, if they serve no purpose?The mules love the sound of their own braying, why else? And I need them to haul my cart.
We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.
inspirational
A bruise is a lesson.. And each lesson makes us better.
inspiration obstacles trying
There was an agelessness about him, a stillness; on Roose Bolton's face, rage and joy looked much the same.
stillness rage joy
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.
honor justice responsibility
A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
crime morality justice redemption
Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.
lies
He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.
life truth lies
A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.
lies sword song-lyrics hands truths
honor choice life
The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.
.. Grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.
mind grief
Some doors are best left closed.
philosophy
There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me.
politics
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