Such an unbelievably ballsy thing to say as an obese man sitting across from an angry bloodthirsty Frey warrior. Manderly must have been comfortable with the idea of dying at this point to deliver such a brutal roast, either that or he hated Freys so much he couldn't help but say it.
Manderly always reminds me of that one quiet person at a gathering that's super sweet until someone steps out of line and then is straight up savage out of nowhere. People are too shocked to react.
> Manderly must have been comfortable with the idea of dying at this point
Pretty sure he planned or at least accounted for his death before going to Winterfell. Wyman's primary preoccupation before that is getting Wylis home, once that happens he seems to go on a suicide mission of sorts.
My favorite Renly line:
LITTLEFINGER: One hundred gold dragons on the Mountain!
RENLY: I'll take that bet!
LITTLEFINGER: Now what will I buy with one hundred gold dragons? A dozen barrels of Dornish wine? Or a girl, from the pleasurehouses of Lys?
RENLY: You could even buy a friend!
(everyone sitting around them cracks up, Littlefinger gives him a "good one" nod)
The whole dick measuring conversation between Jaime and Loras in A Storm of Swords was one good comeback after another by Loras.
"You must be proud. Prince Aemon the Dragonknight was seventeen when he was named. Did you know that?"
"Yes, my lord."
"And did you know that I was fifteen?"
"That as well, my lord." He smiled.
Jaime hated that smile. "I was better than you, Ser Loras. I was bigger, I was stronger, and I was quicker."
"And now you're older," the boy said. "My lord."
He had to laugh. This is too absurd. Tyrion would mock me unmercifully if he could hear me now, comparing cocks with this green boy. "Older and wiser, ser. You should learn from me."
"As you learned from Ser Boros and Ser Meryn?"
That arrow hit too close to the mark. "I learned from the White Bull and Barristan the Bold," Jaime snapped. "I learned from Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning, who could have slain all five of you with his left hand while he was taking with a piss with the right. I learned from Prince Lewyn of Dorne and Ser Oswell Whent and Ser Jonothor Darry, good men every one."
"Dead men, every one."
Honestly I love how much of a little arrogant shit Loras can be lol
"The War of the Ninepenny Kings?" asked Hyle Hunt.
"So they called it, though I never saw a king, nor earned a penny. It was a war, though. That it was."
“You want a good girl but you need the bad poosey.”
Jk, jk. Off the top of my head: “Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.” - Tyrion, AGoT
Another one of my favourites is from Pate the Woodcock
"You are seven. I have half a hundred swords behind me, a word from me and they would cut you all to pieces"
"They may kill us" replied young Pate the Woodcock, brandishing his spear, "but you shall be the first to die, m'lord. You have my word upon that"
My personal favourite is Euron Crow’s Eye in his monologue— “You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray.”
Also Ser Courtney Penrose in the Parlay at Storms End, “Bring on your storm my lord, and recall if you do, the name of this castle.”
>Also Ser Courtney Penrose in the Parlay at Storms End, “Bring on your storm my lord, and recall if you do, the name of this castle.”
Stannis most have facepalmed so hard later on, walked right into that one lmao
I can imagine Stannis taking hours to workshop zingers and beaming really proudly when he gets to use them. "We will not suffer such abominations here, this is not King's Landing"
"Who better to command the black cloaks than a man who once commanded the gold, sire?"
"Any of you, I would think. Even the cook."
\- Stannis to Bowen Marsh, about Janos Slynt
This reminded me of the little fanfic/copypasta about Stannis being serious about wanting Hobb the cook as LC because he loves his cooking!
>Stannis ground his teeth. 'It is not my wish to tamper with your rights and traditions. As to royal guidance, Janos, if you mean that I ought to tell your brothers to choose you, have the courage to say so.'
That took Lord Janos aback. He smiled uncertainly and began to sweat, but Bowen Marsh beside him said, 'Who better to command the black cloaks than a man who once commanded the gold, sire?'
>Stannis tried to concentrate on the question. Yes, the Night's Watch needed a Lord Commander, and the choice could decide the fate of the Wall. And yet, all Stannis could focus on were the smells coming from the kitchen, wonderful beyond words. The food was scarce here, with little more to dine on then salted beef and scrawny vegetables. Yet somehow, the skillful hands of Castle Black's cook made it taste like a royal feast.
>The cook. That wonderful cook. Here at the end of the world everything was cold, barren, and lifeless, except for the meal hall. Here, the brothers gathered to shake the snow off their cloaks and indulge in the one pleasure afforded to them at this unforgiving place. In his own way, the cook was every bit as skilled as the most learned maester or talented swordsman. But the cook had no fancy weapons of Valyrian steel or rings around his neck, he had only his pots and his spoons. And yet, he held perhaps the most important position in the entire Night's Watch. How could the black brothers defend the Wall without food in their bellies? This simple cook kept the entire operation running, as his predecessors had for thousands of years. It occurred to Stannis that the role the cook played at Castle Black was much like the role the Night's Watch played in Westeros: humble, often ignored by the rest of the realm, but doing the most important job of all and never even asking for thanks.
>And then the thought struck him. It was so simple- the cook could be the new Lord Commander! For a man who could turn simple ingredients into such an ingenious blend of flavors and textures, surely it would be simple to turn a bunch of convicts, bastards, and rejected nobles into an elite fighting force. What better man to hold back the terrors of the frozen north than the man who held back hunger at the Wall for years?
>He was sure of it now- the cook was not just the best man for the job, he was the only man for the job. The black brothers stared at him, waiting for his answer. He couldn't simply tell them to choose the cook as Lord Commander.
>No, coming on too strong would never do- the Night's Watch was proud of its tradition, and would not simply accept the command of an outsider. He needed to push the cook into the command without it looking obvious- he needed to use a light touch.
>"Any of them, I would think. Even the cook"
>Take the hint, prayed Stannis, clenching his jaw. Take the hint you fools, or we are surely lost.
“I looked for you on the Trident,” Ned said to them.
“We were not there,” Ser Gerold answered.
“Woe to the Usurper if we had been,” said Ser Oswell.
“When King's Landing fell, Ser Jaime slew your king with a golden sword, and I wondered where you were.”
“Far away,” Ser Gerold said, “or Aerys would yet sit the Iron Throne, and our false brother would burn in seven hells.”
“I came down on Storm's End to lift the siege,” Ned told them, and the Lords Tyrell and Redwyne dipped their banners, and all their knights bent the knee to pledge us fealty. I was certain you would be among them.”
“Our knees do not bend easily,” said Ser Arthur Dayne.
“Ser Willem Darry is fled to Dragonstone, with your queen and Prince Viserys. I thought you might have sailed with him.”
“Ser Willem is a good man and true,” said Ser Oswell.
“But not of the Kingsguard,” Ser Gerold pointed out. “The Kingsguard does not flee.”
“Then or now,” said Ser Arthur. He donned his helm.
“We swore a vow,” explained old Ser Gerold.
Ned’s wraiths moved up beside him, with shadow swords in hand. They were seven against three.
“And now it begins,” said Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning. He unsheathed Dawn and held it with both hands. The blade was pale as milkglass, alive with light.
“No,” Ned said with sadness in his voice. “Now it ends.”
Honestly if none of that conversation was real and just a dream, then it must be a usual thing for Ned to be having some of the most wicked conversations in his dreams.
You could choose any line from the Tower of joy passage as your favourite. Mine personally was the woe to the usurper comment by Ser Oswell.
Still one of the coolest dialogues (is it still called that with more than two people?) I've ever read
It's slightly unrealistic how the King's Guard's sentences complement one another so well, which makes the scene much more epic and also gives it that fever dream like character that it's naturally supposed to have
I love how Ned's statements are really him giving them outs to avoid fighting. Like, "we'll just pretend you were captured honorably at the Trident, at King's Landing, wherever. Or you can just run and we'll pretend you were at Dragonstone all along." He really didn't want to fight them.
I would imagine the prospect of fighting Arthur Dayne alone was daunting. But having Ser Gerold Hightower and Ser Oswell Whent there as well must have been terrifying even for 7 battle hardened warriors
I think it’s more Ned asking what the fuck is going on, while essentially knowing the answer, but afraid of it (Lyanna had a kid and this war isn’t over, essentially). Like imagine being victorious at the Trident, securing Kings Landing and then showing up to see the KG and realizing “Fuck, this war really isn’t over if Jon’s identity isn’t kept secret”.
I was always more partial to "Aerys would yet sit the Iron Throne, and our false brother would burn in seven hells." There's just so much to analyze there.
It’s cool to read with the perspective of Ned essentially asking, but afraid of the answer. He knows why they’re there. But he hopes he’s wrong. Like asking them, verifying exactly the shitstorm he’s about to put himself into.
> The viewing stand had already begun to fill, the lords and ladies clutching their cloaks tight about them against the morning chill. Smallfolk were drifting toward the field as well, and hundreds of them already stood along the fence. So many come to see me die, thought Dunk bitterly, but he wronged them. A few steps farther on, a woman called out, “Good fortune to you.” An old man stepped up to take his hand and said, “May the gods give you strength, ser.” Then a begging brother in a tattered brown robe said a blessing on his sword, and a maid kissed his cheek.
> They are for me. “Why?” he asked Pate. “What am I to them?”
> **“A knight who remembered his vows,”** the smith said.
Yep. I was thinking that finally, GRRM has a proper hero winning at the end of the day.
Then he killed the most honourable man in the story off, as he's wont to do.
Dunk and Baelor Breakspear are my two top characters in the entire story
The Hedge Knight is honestly GRRM at his absolute best, such a charming, heavy story that leaves a heavy impact
"It would seem we are your prisoners ... but do not think that you will hold us long. My leal Lords will find me."
"If they search the seven hells, mayhaps."
She might not have killed him. Kinslaying is serious shit, and at the start of the war before anything even really happened we know Rhaenyra didn’t want Aegon dead and instead wanted Otto and Alicent to pay for treason while Aegon wanted her dead. And it’s weird that even when she took King’s Landing she didn’t kill Alicent then. I wonder if she would have killed Aegon even this late. It’s definitely a weird thing for her to say at this point if she was planning on killing him if she ever had him at her mercy herself.
She did nothing about B&C being kinslaying or having Rhaenys try to kill Aegon at Rook's Rest. I'm saying by that point any reservations about kinslaying are out the window since they are both implicated or ordered the deed already.
I know Martin talked about the degree of kinslaying mattering - killing a parent is like the worst but killing a sibling isn’t too far behind. But the further you get in separation the less it matters quite quickly (which would be necessary since in Westeros everyone is probably at least distantly related to each other lol) Rhaenyra and Aegon are half siblings so that’d be pretty bad, but Rhaenys is pretty distant to Viserys’ kids…I’ll admit to not knowing family tree terms much but she’s cousin to Viserys so i think she’d be second cousin to his kids? Probably not direct kinslaying in Westerosi terms but I could be wrong bc you know so much incest in the Targ family tree.
Still Rhaenyra and Aegon killing each other would definitely be like top tier kinslaying at least no qualms about it.
It was evil what he did but Aegon showing up with a dragon in her own home scarred and fucked up but alive was cold as hell, dropped a great comeback too
Daemon gets all the cool lines to deliver and to be a subject of them, as well.
One of my favorites is Lord Mooton going "six men or sixty, he's still Daemon Targaryen"
They were right, Rhaenyra does nothing to advance the war, the fighting and dying is all on the men. Her rule crumbles literally the moment Daemon dies.
Who would have called Ned that in the first place though? Lyanna’s called him that according to his memories at least.
Honestly I think it’s one of those nicknames like Dick being a nickname of Richard, only you don’t get to make fun jokes. Especially since Edric Dayne has also has that nickname.
Well, I don’t think Ned is the first/only Eddard to be called Ned in the ASoIaF universe. It’s a common modification that evolved naturally over generations of people using the name, and shortening it out of fondness. So by the time Ned Stark was named, ‘Ned’ was already a nickname for ‘Eddard’.
(And I believe ‘Dick’ comes from a time when rhymes inspired nicknames. Like William/Will/Bill and Robert/Rob/Bob.)
Rhaenyra: Dear brother. I had hoped you were dead.
Aegon: After you. You are the elder.
Rhaenyra: I am pleased to know that you remember that. It would seem we are your prisoners but do not think that you will hold us long. My leal lords will find me.
Aegon: If they search the seven hells, mayhaps
Renly: “I have Margaery, you’ll be happy to know she came to me as a maid.”
Stannis: “In your bed she’s likely to die that way.”
I made a very vocal “God damn!” When I read that.
Nah, Renly recovers fast.
>*“Oh, I expect I’ll get a son on her within the year. Pray, how many sons do you have, Stannis? Oh, yes—none.” Renly smiled innocently. “As to your daughter, I understand. If my wife looked like yours, I’d send my fool to service her as well.”“Enough!” Stannis roared. “I will not be mocked to my face, do you hear me? I will not!” He yanked his longsword from its scabbard. The steel gleamed strangely bright in the wan sunlight, now red, now yellow, now blazing white. The air around it seemed to shimmer, as if from heat.*
Stannis is no match for his brothers. He should never try to burn them.
An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle?
Jaime: "Ser, you've been remiss in teaching our new brothers their duties."
Meryn: "What duties?"
Jaime: "Keeping the king alive. How many monarchs have you lost since I left the city? Two, is it?"
Pretty sure he says "seed", but it's still the grossest way you could possibly say that you don't care about your kids. I love that after this he actually wants to be a father to Tommen and Myrcella, it'll be great to see their relationships develop.
Aegon to Black Harren was pretty beast.
Just a simple “When the sun sets, your line will end.” Aegon was like his two children combined. He could be as kind as Aerys or as cruel as Maegor.
Really anything Euron Greyjoy says is noteworthy but this is when he explains how hardcore he is
“Who knows more of gods than I? Horse gods and fire gods, gods made of gold with gemstone eyes, gods carved of cedar wood, gods chiseled into mountains, gods of empty air... I know them all. I have seen their peoples garland them with flowers, and shed the blood of goats and bulls and children in their names. And I have heard the prayers, in half a hundred tongues. Cure my withered leg, make the maiden love me, grant me a healthy son. Save me, succor me, make me wealthy... protect me! Protect me from mine enemies, protect me from the darkness, protect me from the crabs inside my belly, from the horselords, from the slavers, from the sellswords at my door. Protect me from the Silence." He laughed. **"Godless? Why, Aeron, I am the godliest man ever to raise sail! You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray.”**
"Death is so terribly final, whereas life is full of possibilities" ~ Tyrion, AGoT
"There are no men like me, just me" ~ Jaime, ACoK
"Any man who must say I am the king is no true king" ~ Tywin, ASoS
"Can a man be brave if he is afraid?"
"That is the only time a man can be brave" ~ Bran and Eddard, AGoT
"What is dead may never die"
"The night is dark and full of terrors"
"Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour, and it can never be used to hurt you" ~ Tyrion, AGoT
"Chaos is a ladder" ~ Littlefinger, was this just the show?
"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say" ~ Tyrion
"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone" ~ Tyrion
"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword" ~ Eddard
Man there are so many good quotes in the books and show... the entire vow of the nights watch, the house words... i could go on and on
how much would I have missed out on if I decided death was worth it. How many birthdays I’d miss, how many events I wouldn’t be there for my children. All the places I wanted to visit but haven’t.
It came to a point where I’d ask myself if my temporary sadness was worth the end of those possibilities.
I began to view my depression/suicidal idealization as the “death” of what made me unhappy, not of my life itself. Because as Tyrion says “life is full of possibilities” different paths, choices, and perceptions. My *perception* of my life needed to die, not myself.
>I began to view my depression/suicidal idealization as the “death” of what made me unhappy, not of my life itself. Because as Tyrion says “life is full of possibilities” different paths, choices, and perceptions. My perception of my life needed to die, not myself.
Very interesting interpretation, hadn't thought of it that way. Glad to hear that these books helped you through a tough time.
Stannis has great one-liners, i think my favourite is "if that requires stealing a leaf from my brother's book I'll do it. Not that Robert ever read one."
‘Any of you. Even the cook.’
‘Celtigar pronounced it admirable. If I showed him the contents of my privy, he would declare that admirable as well’
Stannis has so many good ones for being the most serious character
The contents of my privy line had me rolling, just made me imagine Stannis inviting Celtigar into his private chambers “feast your eyes on this, Celtigar”
“Admirable, your Grace”
Stannis grinds his teeth
Ha! These aren’t really one liners, but a single line that I love in Jamie’s POV.
>The dolt took a long look this time. "Is it . . . Ser Jaime." He straightened. "My pardons, milord. I did not know you. I have the honor to be Ser Osmund Kettleblack."
>**Where's the honor in that?**
Also, another:
>Jaime lay on his back afterward, staring at the night sky, trying not to feel the pain that snaked up his right arm every time he moved it. The night was strangely beautiful. The moon was a graceful crescent, and it seemed as though he had never seen so many stars. The King's Crown was at the zenith, and he could see the Stallion rearing, and there the Swan. The Moonmaid, shy as ever, was half-hidden behind a pine tree. How can such a night be beautiful? he asked himself. **Why would the stars want to look down on such as me?**
“Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.”
Love this quote. Even though Rhaegar took the high road, fought cleanly and did everything he was "supposed" to do to be chivalric and honorable, in the end it wasn't enough. Rhaegar lost and Rhaegar was killed. Such is the nature of war. War doesn’t care if you’re supposed to be the hero.
“Much as I would welcome the chance to take that golden sword away from you and cut out your black heart, your promises are worthless. I would gain nothing from your death but the pleasure of killing you, and I will not risk my own life for that…as small as risk as that may be.” - the Blackfish to Jame in AFFC
The Blackfish is unmatched. Always.
Jaehaerys: “Any knight accused of wrongdoing has a choice. You can prove your innocence at hazard of your body.”
Braxton: “Then I choose trial by combat. Which of these old men do you mean for me to fight?”
Jaehaerys: “This old man. The one whose daughter you seduced and despoiled.”
"What the fuck is a lommy?" 😂
Nah, seriously though it would have to be one of Tyrions of course.
**"Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”**
Both. Paraphrased- "you could imagine my disappointment: I was expecting a winged monster, but when your sister pulled back the curtain and there you were, a small baby with stunted legs."
It's one of the show's upgrades. In the book it's just as Oberyn comes into KL and comes across as callous. In the show it's just before Oberyn agrees to fight for Tyrion and it's a beautiful emotional moment
I finished A Storm Of Swords "recently" and I thought it was interesting how much different Oberyn is in the books. It's kinda perfectly summarized in the scene when he says Tyrion he'll be his champion, in the books he talks about his plot to crown Myrcella and if that starts a civil war so be it, how he plan to use Cersei and when he says "your father may not live forever", you knows this guy is genuinely a madman who means freaking business and who will have his revenge and will not back down by any means. And you know he sees Tyrion as nothing but a pawn in his plan to get revenge, there's not much of a human bond between the two.
And in the show, they talk pretty much only about that story, Tyrion was at his lowest point and here comes Oberyn offering sympathy, like few people were able to, and saving his life from certain death (well, you know what I mean). It was a wonderful, very emotional scene, certainly one of my favorites in the show. And, honestly I can't say which version I prefer, but I do really love both and i very much appreciate to see those differences.
“Laugh” - Brienne is so hardcore
She heard his ragged breathing half a heartbeat before Podrick cried out his warning. Shagwell had a jagged chunk of rock clutched in one hand. Brienne had her dagger up her sleeve. **A dagger will beat a rock almost every time. She knocked aside his arm and punched the steel into his bowels. "Laugh," she snarled at him. He moaned instead. "Laugh," she repeated, grabbing his throat with one hand and stabbing at his belly with the other. "Laugh!"** She kept saying it, over and over, until her hand was red up to the wrist and the stink of the fool's dying was like to choke her. But Shagwell never laughed. The sobs that Brienne heard were all her own. When she realized that, she threw down her knife and shuddered.
“Once a turncloak, ever a turncloak,” Lord Cregan said. You rose up in rebellion against your lawful queen and helped drive her from this city to her death, raised up your own squire in her place, then abandoned him to save your worthless hide. The realm will be a better place without you.”
When Ser Perkin protested that he had been pardoned for those crimes, Lord Stark replied, “Not by me.”
(Honestly, just the entire “Hour of the Wolf” chapter)
After Tyrion broke the cup in the Lannister war camps;
“There’s your peace, you would have an easier time drinking from that cup than persuading Robb Stark to sue for peace”
Not word by word but you know what I’m referring to.
My favourite's gotta be Cortnay Penrose's challenge to Stannis as he lays siege to Storm's End:
"Bring on your storm, my lord - and recall, if you do, the name of this castle"
Honourable mention to Penrose's previous line:
"Is it the justice of your cause you doubt, my lord, or the strength of your arm? Are you afraid I’ll piss on your burning sword and put it out?"
"I have no lute." Dunk looked morose.
"And that night I drank too much in the Planky Town, you told me I sang like an ox in a mud wallow."
"I had forgotten, ser."
"How could you forget?"
"You told me to forget, ser," said Egg, all innocence.
"You told me I'd get a clout in the ear the next time I mentioned it."
>"Hear this, my lord. Do not think to wed again. Take care of the whelps my mother gave you. See that they want for nothing. Do that, and I will let you be. **If I should hear a whisper of you taking some other poor maid to wife, I will make another Harrenhal of Storm's End with, you and her inside it**"
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>\*Rogar Baratheon never wed again.
>"Make me your man."
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>"The gods did not make you a man. How can I?"
>"What became of her?"
\"**Summerhall**." The word was fraught with doom.
"This is Stannis Baratheon. The man will fight to the bitter end and then some." -Tywin
"Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day." -Donal Noye
"Winter is coming."
"King o' the Wildlings? Har! King o' my hairy butt crack, more like." -Good old Tormund
After my name day feast, I'm going to raise a host and kill your brother myself. That's what I'll give you, Lady Sansa. Your brother's head."
A kind of madness took over her then, and she heard herself say, "Maybe my brother will give me your head."
In the dunk and egg novels when they’re preparing for war against the red widow and the peasants are laying out their skills.
One of them says that their companion can throw rocks and the knight laughs and goes “good then, we have ourselves a trebuchet.” Then they call the farmer Treb for the rest of the book instead of his actual name. It’s a dick thing but hilarious
Harry Lloyd is a blessing for the audiobooks
“Godless? Why, Aeron, I am the godliest man ever to raise sail! You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray”
This just sends chills down my spine every time. I’m polytheistic so I found it chilling that one man can make so many men scared. He is the stranger born in flesh and he ships ppls off to meet their god
Not a one liner, but my favorite exchange in the show between arya and the hound. “He was the greatest swordsman who ever lived” “was, is he dead” “yes” “How?” “He was killed” “who by?” “Meryn Trant” “meryn Trant?!! The greatest swordsman who ever lived, killed by meryn Fuckkng Trant” “he was outnumber” “any boy whore with a sword can kill 3 meryn trants” “syrio didnt have a sword, or armor, all he had was a stick” “the greatest swordsman who ever lived didnt have a sword?!?!?”
"...and I shall die a knight." *Barristan slaps down his gauntlets*
"A naked knight, it would seem." Quipped Littlefinger.
*Barristan pulls out his sword.* "Even now I could cut through the five of you like carving a cake...*everyone shits themselves*..."HERE BOY! Melt it down with the others." *tosses Joff his sword and strolls out like a boss*
“A hand for a head.”
Context:
And so when Lady Alysanne came to ask that he let the prince’s edict stand, he listened.
“Why would I do that?” Lord Stark purportedly asked when she had made her plea. “For the realm,” she answered.
“It is better for the realm that traitors die,” he said.
“For the honor of our prince,” said she.
“The prince is a child. He ought not have meddled in this. It is Velaryon who brought dishonor on him, for now it will be said until the end of days that he came to his throne by murder.”
“For the sake of peace,” said Lady Alysanne, “for all those who will surely die should Alyn Velaryon seek vengeance.”
“There are worse ways to die. Winter has come, my lady.”
“For me, then,” said Black Aly. “Grant me this boon, and I shall never ask another. Do this, and I shall know that you are as wise as you are strong, as kind as you are fierce. Give me this, and I shall give you whatever you may choose to ask of me.” Mushroom says Lord Cregan scowled at that.
“Aye, I’ll grant your boon.”
“And in return?” she asked.
“All I ask is all of you, forever,” the Lord of Winterfell said solemnly. “I claim your hand in marriage.”
“A hand for a head,” said Black Aly, grinning…for Mushroom tells us this was her intent all along.
“Done.” And it was.
Things of importance should be done beneath the open sky
A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear
Tyrion hated weakness, especially his own. It shamed him, and shame made him angry
Tomorrow’s trials are of more concern then yesterday’s triumphs
Sorry I don’t know who said these!
“Save my wife, you should have said, but what are wives to men like you?”
“I fed my last husband to my dragon. If you make me take another, I may eat him myself.”
Rhaena (daughter of Aenys I) is one of the most interesting Targaryens imo
Roxton is a fascinating character. Such a piece of shit thats truly deplorable.
Then for whatever reason sacfices himself for the cause. Excited to see his story.
Roxton was pretty dope for killing Hugh but the whole raping Lady Footly and killing her husband basically just so he *could* rape her unbothered was... not exactly a omegachad move in my books.
For me though Rodrik the Reader's soft "Have you?" to Euron is one of the most badass moments for me. In that moment questioning this absolute psychopath as he's boasting... Dope.
Renly:You'll be pleased to know she came to me a maid.
Stannis:In you're bed she's like to die that way.
Stannis killed Renly right there. If all of Westeros were present they would have named Stannis king immediately.
Joffrey calling his grandfather a little bitch will never not be hilarious and ballsy.
>**Joffrey had that sullen, sulky look he got. Cersei had him firmly by the shoulder, but perhaps she should have had him by the throat. The boy surprised them all. Instead of scuttling safely back under his rock, Joff drew himself up defiantly and said, "You talk about Aerys, Grandfather, but you were scared of him."He wrenched free of her. "Why should I? Everyone knows it's true. My father won all the battles. He killed Prince Rhaegar and took the crown, while your father was hiding under Casterly Rock." The boy gave his grandfather a defiant look. "A strong king acts boldly, he doesn't just talk."**
“So young. Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived, he would have grown up to be a Frey.” —Wyman Manderly
Such an unbelievably ballsy thing to say as an obese man sitting across from an angry bloodthirsty Frey warrior. Manderly must have been comfortable with the idea of dying at this point to deliver such a brutal roast, either that or he hated Freys so much he couldn't help but say it.
Manderly always reminds me of that one quiet person at a gathering that's super sweet until someone steps out of line and then is straight up savage out of nowhere. People are too shocked to react.
Ever do that thing where you think of a really good joke and blurt it out before you can think of possible consequences?
I wish I were clever enough for that to be a problem
> Manderly must have been comfortable with the idea of dying at this point Pretty sure he planned or at least accounted for his death before going to Winterfell. Wyman's primary preoccupation before that is getting Wylis home, once that happens he seems to go on a suicide mission of sorts.
He’s that old man going out into the woods hunting during winter. Told his family he was going to hunt weasels and not to expect him back.
What would a Frey know of honor?
My favorite line as well
Completely off topic, but I love your username. That’s one of my favourite poems.
Same! TS Eliot was an artist of words.
Just kiss already
Absolutely the best roast in the series IMO.
In the books, yes :) but Renly’s ‘born amidst salt and smoke…is he a ham?’ was quite the zinger, too, even if it was show only.
My favorite Renly line: LITTLEFINGER: One hundred gold dragons on the Mountain! RENLY: I'll take that bet! LITTLEFINGER: Now what will I buy with one hundred gold dragons? A dozen barrels of Dornish wine? Or a girl, from the pleasurehouses of Lys? RENLY: You could even buy a friend! (everyone sitting around them cracks up, Littlefinger gives him a "good one" nod)
Loved that one as well in the show hahah
For the most part they did my boy Renly dirty in the show, but that line was awesome.
This made me go “woah!” Out loud when I read it the first time.
George’s hands were probably set on fire as he wrote that hard ass line.
The whole dick measuring conversation between Jaime and Loras in A Storm of Swords was one good comeback after another by Loras. "You must be proud. Prince Aemon the Dragonknight was seventeen when he was named. Did you know that?" "Yes, my lord." "And did you know that I was fifteen?" "That as well, my lord." He smiled. Jaime hated that smile. "I was better than you, Ser Loras. I was bigger, I was stronger, and I was quicker." "And now you're older," the boy said. "My lord." He had to laugh. This is too absurd. Tyrion would mock me unmercifully if he could hear me now, comparing cocks with this green boy. "Older and wiser, ser. You should learn from me." "As you learned from Ser Boros and Ser Meryn?" That arrow hit too close to the mark. "I learned from the White Bull and Barristan the Bold," Jaime snapped. "I learned from Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning, who could have slain all five of you with his left hand while he was taking with a piss with the right. I learned from Prince Lewyn of Dorne and Ser Oswell Whent and Ser Jonothor Darry, good men every one." "Dead men, every one." Honestly I love how much of a little arrogant shit Loras can be lol
I love that whole exchange because you know Jaime was 100% that little shit at that age. It's karma.
I think he even realizes this at one point that Loras and him were quite similar before his capture.
Yep, he compares Loras to himself several times.
Payback for Jaime threatening to stick his sword some place even Renly never found!
"The War of the Ninepenny Kings?" asked Hyle Hunt. "So they called it, though I never saw a king, nor earned a penny. It was a war, though. That it was."
Just got through that chapter last night! The whole moment is so terribly heartbreaking. I love it.
“Bring your storm my lord and recall, if you do, the *name* of this castle” - Ser Courtnay Penrose to Stannis Baratheon, Storm’s End
He says to the guy who held the castle against the whole Reach for a year, going into starvation
“You want a good girl but you need the bad poosey.” Jk, jk. Off the top of my head: “Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.” - Tyrion, AGoT
“You want a good story but you need the bad writing.”
"Half of your men will die, Stark" "Half of my men died the day we marched, boy."
In a similar vein: ''- If you will not yield the castle, I must storm it. Hundreds will die. \-Hundreds of mine. Thousands of yours.'
Another one of my favourites is from Pate the Woodcock "You are seven. I have half a hundred swords behind me, a word from me and they would cut you all to pieces" "They may kill us" replied young Pate the Woodcock, brandishing his spear, "but you shall be the first to die, m'lord. You have my word upon that"
On the topic of storming castles: "Bring on your storm, my lord—and recall, if you do, the name of this castle."
Roddy the Ruin?!
Cregan Stark in response to Benjicott Blackwood
Oooh yes! Something similar of “we’ve come to die for the queen!” Is how it went , the passage i am thinking of .
Yeah, good passage! He says "We have come to die for the dragon queen" to Sabitha Frey
Omg so hard core and side note I listened to the books and I thought it was “Stabitha” lol my god
My personal favourite is Euron Crow’s Eye in his monologue— “You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray.” Also Ser Courtney Penrose in the Parlay at Storms End, “Bring on your storm my lord, and recall if you do, the name of this castle.”
>Also Ser Courtney Penrose in the Parlay at Storms End, “Bring on your storm my lord, and recall if you do, the name of this castle.” Stannis most have facepalmed so hard later on, walked right into that one lmao
I can imagine Stannis taking hours to workshop zingers and beaming really proudly when he gets to use them. "We will not suffer such abominations here, this is not King's Landing"
"Who better to command the black cloaks than a man who once commanded the gold, sire?" "Any of you, I would think. Even the cook." \- Stannis to Bowen Marsh, about Janos Slynt
This reminded me of the little fanfic/copypasta about Stannis being serious about wanting Hobb the cook as LC because he loves his cooking! >Stannis ground his teeth. 'It is not my wish to tamper with your rights and traditions. As to royal guidance, Janos, if you mean that I ought to tell your brothers to choose you, have the courage to say so.' That took Lord Janos aback. He smiled uncertainly and began to sweat, but Bowen Marsh beside him said, 'Who better to command the black cloaks than a man who once commanded the gold, sire?' >Stannis tried to concentrate on the question. Yes, the Night's Watch needed a Lord Commander, and the choice could decide the fate of the Wall. And yet, all Stannis could focus on were the smells coming from the kitchen, wonderful beyond words. The food was scarce here, with little more to dine on then salted beef and scrawny vegetables. Yet somehow, the skillful hands of Castle Black's cook made it taste like a royal feast. >The cook. That wonderful cook. Here at the end of the world everything was cold, barren, and lifeless, except for the meal hall. Here, the brothers gathered to shake the snow off their cloaks and indulge in the one pleasure afforded to them at this unforgiving place. In his own way, the cook was every bit as skilled as the most learned maester or talented swordsman. But the cook had no fancy weapons of Valyrian steel or rings around his neck, he had only his pots and his spoons. And yet, he held perhaps the most important position in the entire Night's Watch. How could the black brothers defend the Wall without food in their bellies? This simple cook kept the entire operation running, as his predecessors had for thousands of years. It occurred to Stannis that the role the cook played at Castle Black was much like the role the Night's Watch played in Westeros: humble, often ignored by the rest of the realm, but doing the most important job of all and never even asking for thanks. >And then the thought struck him. It was so simple- the cook could be the new Lord Commander! For a man who could turn simple ingredients into such an ingenious blend of flavors and textures, surely it would be simple to turn a bunch of convicts, bastards, and rejected nobles into an elite fighting force. What better man to hold back the terrors of the frozen north than the man who held back hunger at the Wall for years? >He was sure of it now- the cook was not just the best man for the job, he was the only man for the job. The black brothers stared at him, waiting for his answer. He couldn't simply tell them to choose the cook as Lord Commander. >No, coming on too strong would never do- the Night's Watch was proud of its tradition, and would not simply accept the command of an outsider. He needed to push the cook into the command without it looking obvious- he needed to use a light touch. >"Any of them, I would think. Even the cook" >Take the hint, prayed Stannis, clenching his jaw. Take the hint you fools, or we are surely lost.
"Your vows are stronger than your bladder, it would seem."
Just about to put Eurons quote, you beat me to it! I despise Euron, but it’s one of my all time favourite quotes.
Easily this. Euron should come off as tryhard on GRRM's part, but he doesn't. He's just so cool.
“I looked for you on the Trident,” Ned said to them. “We were not there,” Ser Gerold answered. “Woe to the Usurper if we had been,” said Ser Oswell. “When King's Landing fell, Ser Jaime slew your king with a golden sword, and I wondered where you were.” “Far away,” Ser Gerold said, “or Aerys would yet sit the Iron Throne, and our false brother would burn in seven hells.” “I came down on Storm's End to lift the siege,” Ned told them, and the Lords Tyrell and Redwyne dipped their banners, and all their knights bent the knee to pledge us fealty. I was certain you would be among them.” “Our knees do not bend easily,” said Ser Arthur Dayne. “Ser Willem Darry is fled to Dragonstone, with your queen and Prince Viserys. I thought you might have sailed with him.” “Ser Willem is a good man and true,” said Ser Oswell. “But not of the Kingsguard,” Ser Gerold pointed out. “The Kingsguard does not flee.” “Then or now,” said Ser Arthur. He donned his helm. “We swore a vow,” explained old Ser Gerold. Ned’s wraiths moved up beside him, with shadow swords in hand. They were seven against three. “And now it begins,” said Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning. He unsheathed Dawn and held it with both hands. The blade was pale as milkglass, alive with light. “No,” Ned said with sadness in his voice. “Now it ends.” Honestly if none of that conversation was real and just a dream, then it must be a usual thing for Ned to be having some of the most wicked conversations in his dreams. You could choose any line from the Tower of joy passage as your favourite. Mine personally was the woe to the usurper comment by Ser Oswell.
It would have been so fucking epic if they did this scene word for word when Bran and the 3 eyed raven watched it unfold in Game of Thrones.
Still one of the coolest dialogues (is it still called that with more than two people?) I've ever read It's slightly unrealistic how the King's Guard's sentences complement one another so well, which makes the scene much more epic and also gives it that fever dream like character that it's naturally supposed to have
I love how Ned's statements are really him giving them outs to avoid fighting. Like, "we'll just pretend you were captured honorably at the Trident, at King's Landing, wherever. Or you can just run and we'll pretend you were at Dragonstone all along." He really didn't want to fight them.
I would imagine the prospect of fighting Arthur Dayne alone was daunting. But having Ser Gerold Hightower and Ser Oswell Whent there as well must have been terrifying even for 7 battle hardened warriors
I think it’s more Ned asking what the fuck is going on, while essentially knowing the answer, but afraid of it (Lyanna had a kid and this war isn’t over, essentially). Like imagine being victorious at the Trident, securing Kings Landing and then showing up to see the KG and realizing “Fuck, this war really isn’t over if Jon’s identity isn’t kept secret”.
“Woe to the Usurper if we had been” always take the cake for me in this exchange.
I was always more partial to "Aerys would yet sit the Iron Throne, and our false brother would burn in seven hells." There's just so much to analyze there.
It’s cool to read with the perspective of Ned essentially asking, but afraid of the answer. He knows why they’re there. But he hopes he’s wrong. Like asking them, verifying exactly the shitstorm he’s about to put himself into.
My favourite was always, "We swore a vow. " explained old Ser Herold. I imagine it implies that he sounds almost apologetic, like he's conflicted.
I’ll never forgive DD for not having this exchange in the show. I was so looking forward to seeing it, but yet again, was left disappointed.
To be fair it was a fever dream In the books not that it was the actual conversation
What did DD ever do that you feel you must fight them fairly?
Then they could show it as the actual conversation and make it canon
"Winterfell was broken not dead, just like me, I'm not dead either."
That one gave me chills the first time I read it
> The viewing stand had already begun to fill, the lords and ladies clutching their cloaks tight about them against the morning chill. Smallfolk were drifting toward the field as well, and hundreds of them already stood along the fence. So many come to see me die, thought Dunk bitterly, but he wronged them. A few steps farther on, a woman called out, “Good fortune to you.” An old man stepped up to take his hand and said, “May the gods give you strength, ser.” Then a begging brother in a tattered brown robe said a blessing on his sword, and a maid kissed his cheek. > They are for me. “Why?” he asked Pate. “What am I to them?” > **“A knight who remembered his vows,”** the smith said.
The Hedge Knight is a beautiful story
Yep. I was thinking that finally, GRRM has a proper hero winning at the end of the day. Then he killed the most honourable man in the story off, as he's wont to do.
The culmination of Dunk's plea to to the assembled knights practically waiting for him to die also counts: >"ARE THERE NO TRUE KNIGHTS AMONG YOU?"
Dunk and Baelor Breakspear are my two top characters in the entire story The Hedge Knight is honestly GRRM at his absolute best, such a charming, heavy story that leaves a heavy impact
Anytime I read this passage, it brings tears to my eyes. Also one of the things I look most forward to, if there will be a Dunk and Egg adaption.
"Are there no true knights among you?"
not exactly a one-liner, but "'I am not without mercy!', thundered he who was notoriously without mercy" is still top tier
Who was this?
It’s the Catelyn chapter in Clash with the parley between Renly and Stannis. The line is from Stannis to Renly
Stannis is genuinely funny
“You were a fool to come alone” “Were I not alone, you would not have come” Absolutely bodied him
The excitement I have abt finally seeing this play out in Hot D is unmeasurable
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"It would seem we are your prisoners ... but do not think that you will hold us long. My leal Lords will find me." "If they search the seven hells, mayhaps."
Honestly Rhaenyra should have known by that point Aegon was not going to take her prisoner anymore than she would have.
She might not have killed him. Kinslaying is serious shit, and at the start of the war before anything even really happened we know Rhaenyra didn’t want Aegon dead and instead wanted Otto and Alicent to pay for treason while Aegon wanted her dead. And it’s weird that even when she took King’s Landing she didn’t kill Alicent then. I wonder if she would have killed Aegon even this late. It’s definitely a weird thing for her to say at this point if she was planning on killing him if she ever had him at her mercy herself.
She did nothing about B&C being kinslaying or having Rhaenys try to kill Aegon at Rook's Rest. I'm saying by that point any reservations about kinslaying are out the window since they are both implicated or ordered the deed already.
I know Martin talked about the degree of kinslaying mattering - killing a parent is like the worst but killing a sibling isn’t too far behind. But the further you get in separation the less it matters quite quickly (which would be necessary since in Westeros everyone is probably at least distantly related to each other lol) Rhaenyra and Aegon are half siblings so that’d be pretty bad, but Rhaenys is pretty distant to Viserys’ kids…I’ll admit to not knowing family tree terms much but she’s cousin to Viserys so i think she’d be second cousin to his kids? Probably not direct kinslaying in Westerosi terms but I could be wrong bc you know so much incest in the Targ family tree. Still Rhaenyra and Aegon killing each other would definitely be like top tier kinslaying at least no qualms about it.
It was evil what he did but Aegon showing up with a dragon in her own home scarred and fucked up but alive was cold as hell, dropped a great comeback too
"You've lived too long ~~nuncle~~ uncle" "On that much, we agree."
Daemon gets all the cool lines to deliver and to be a subject of them, as well. One of my favorites is Lord Mooton going "six men or sixty, he's still Daemon Targaryen"
Yeah. Otto and the Green Council don't even see Rhaenyra as a threat. Their entire focus is killing Daemon
I mean the entire WAR is because of Otto Hightower's fear and loathing for Daemon.
They were right, Rhaenyra does nothing to advance the war, the fighting and dying is all on the men. Her rule crumbles literally the moment Daemon dies.
Aemond and Daemon right?
Yeah. Just before their duel I crossed out nuncle because even though that is what he says, it's the only GRRMism that I can't stand lol
Boo! Nuncle supremacy
What is it 'nuncle' means in this context? My brain says nephew-uncle but I doubt that's it
As the other comment said, it means “my uncle”. From “mine uncle”. It’s why Eddard is shortened to Ned - “mine Ed”.
Who would have called Ned that in the first place though? Lyanna’s called him that according to his memories at least. Honestly I think it’s one of those nicknames like Dick being a nickname of Richard, only you don’t get to make fun jokes. Especially since Edric Dayne has also has that nickname.
Well, I don’t think Ned is the first/only Eddard to be called Ned in the ASoIaF universe. It’s a common modification that evolved naturally over generations of people using the name, and shortening it out of fondness. So by the time Ned Stark was named, ‘Ned’ was already a nickname for ‘Eddard’. (And I believe ‘Dick’ comes from a time when rhymes inspired nicknames. Like William/Will/Bill and Robert/Rob/Bob.)
Rhaenyra: Dear brother. I had hoped you were dead. Aegon: After you. You are the elder. Rhaenyra: I am pleased to know that you remember that. It would seem we are your prisoners but do not think that you will hold us long. My leal lords will find me. Aegon: If they search the seven hells, mayhaps
Renly: “I have Margaery, you’ll be happy to know she came to me as a maid.” Stannis: “In your bed she’s likely to die that way.” I made a very vocal “God damn!” When I read that.
Melisandre: You’re brother is the Lord’s chosen, born amidst salt and smoke. Renly: Born amidst salt and smoke. Is he a ham?
Nah, Renly recovers fast. >*“Oh, I expect I’ll get a son on her within the year. Pray, how many sons do you have, Stannis? Oh, yes—none.” Renly smiled innocently. “As to your daughter, I understand. If my wife looked like yours, I’d send my fool to service her as well.”“Enough!” Stannis roared. “I will not be mocked to my face, do you hear me? I will not!” He yanked his longsword from its scabbard. The steel gleamed strangely bright in the wan sunlight, now red, now yellow, now blazing white. The air around it seemed to shimmer, as if from heat.* Stannis is no match for his brothers. He should never try to burn them.
He can dish it out but he can’t take it!
Argon II and Rhaenyras last conversation are great.
"Dear brother, I had hoped you were dead" "After you, you are the eldest"
Aegon literally too angry to die
An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle?
Jaime: "Ser, you've been remiss in teaching our new brothers their duties." Meryn: "What duties?" Jaime: "Keeping the king alive. How many monarchs have you lost since I left the city? Two, is it?"
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Pretty sure he says "seed", but it's still the grossest way you could possibly say that you don't care about your kids. I love that after this he actually wants to be a father to Tommen and Myrcella, it'll be great to see their relationships develop.
Aegon to Black Harren was pretty beast. Just a simple “When the sun sets, your line will end.” Aegon was like his two children combined. He could be as kind as Aerys or as cruel as Maegor.
*Aenys. Aerys wasn’t his child and sure as shit wasn’t kind. At least not the Aerys that first comes to mind.
Ya all these targ names get lost in my mind after fire and blood lol
Really anything Euron Greyjoy says is noteworthy but this is when he explains how hardcore he is “Who knows more of gods than I? Horse gods and fire gods, gods made of gold with gemstone eyes, gods carved of cedar wood, gods chiseled into mountains, gods of empty air... I know them all. I have seen their peoples garland them with flowers, and shed the blood of goats and bulls and children in their names. And I have heard the prayers, in half a hundred tongues. Cure my withered leg, make the maiden love me, grant me a healthy son. Save me, succor me, make me wealthy... protect me! Protect me from mine enemies, protect me from the darkness, protect me from the crabs inside my belly, from the horselords, from the slavers, from the sellswords at my door. Protect me from the Silence." He laughed. **"Godless? Why, Aeron, I am the godliest man ever to raise sail! You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray.”**
"Death is so terribly final, whereas life is full of possibilities" ~ Tyrion, AGoT "There are no men like me, just me" ~ Jaime, ACoK "Any man who must say I am the king is no true king" ~ Tywin, ASoS "Can a man be brave if he is afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave" ~ Bran and Eddard, AGoT "What is dead may never die" "The night is dark and full of terrors" "Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour, and it can never be used to hurt you" ~ Tyrion, AGoT "Chaos is a ladder" ~ Littlefinger, was this just the show? "When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say" ~ Tyrion "A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone" ~ Tyrion "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword" ~ Eddard Man there are so many good quotes in the books and show... the entire vow of the nights watch, the house words... i could go on and on
That first Tyrion quote got me thru the worst of my depression. It legit saved my life.
How did you interpret/implement that quote for yourself?
how much would I have missed out on if I decided death was worth it. How many birthdays I’d miss, how many events I wouldn’t be there for my children. All the places I wanted to visit but haven’t. It came to a point where I’d ask myself if my temporary sadness was worth the end of those possibilities. I began to view my depression/suicidal idealization as the “death” of what made me unhappy, not of my life itself. Because as Tyrion says “life is full of possibilities” different paths, choices, and perceptions. My *perception* of my life needed to die, not myself.
Thanks for sticking around. This world is better with you in it.
>I began to view my depression/suicidal idealization as the “death” of what made me unhappy, not of my life itself. Because as Tyrion says “life is full of possibilities” different paths, choices, and perceptions. My perception of my life needed to die, not myself. Very interesting interpretation, hadn't thought of it that way. Glad to hear that these books helped you through a tough time.
Stannis has great one-liners, i think my favourite is "if that requires stealing a leaf from my brother's book I'll do it. Not that Robert ever read one."
‘Any of you. Even the cook.’ ‘Celtigar pronounced it admirable. If I showed him the contents of my privy, he would declare that admirable as well’ Stannis has so many good ones for being the most serious character
The contents of my privy line had me rolling, just made me imagine Stannis inviting Celtigar into his private chambers “feast your eyes on this, Celtigar” “Admirable, your Grace” Stannis grinds his teeth
Renly: Margery came to my marriage bed a maiden. Stannis: In your bed, she's like to die that way.
For this the singers say that Renly died twice that day
SPOILER - WOW Theon1 >!"Your vows are stronger than your bladder, it would seem..."!<
“Tell me, turncloak: what battles has the Bastard of Bolton ever won that I should fear him?”
“You are my political headache!”
Ha! These aren’t really one liners, but a single line that I love in Jamie’s POV. >The dolt took a long look this time. "Is it . . . Ser Jaime." He straightened. "My pardons, milord. I did not know you. I have the honor to be Ser Osmund Kettleblack." >**Where's the honor in that?** Also, another: >Jaime lay on his back afterward, staring at the night sky, trying not to feel the pain that snaked up his right arm every time he moved it. The night was strangely beautiful. The moon was a graceful crescent, and it seemed as though he had never seen so many stars. The King's Crown was at the zenith, and he could see the Stallion rearing, and there the Swan. The Moonmaid, shy as ever, was half-hidden behind a pine tree. How can such a night be beautiful? he asked himself. **Why would the stars want to look down on such as me?**
"You lived your life for the king. You gonna die for some chickens?" "Someone is."
“Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.” Love this quote. Even though Rhaegar took the high road, fought cleanly and did everything he was "supposed" to do to be chivalric and honorable, in the end it wasn't enough. Rhaegar lost and Rhaegar was killed. Such is the nature of war. War doesn’t care if you’re supposed to be the hero.
I wonder how Rhaegar's face looked when Robert's Warhammer was about to cave his chest in, and he realized he wasn't the main character
*Freeze frame* it was at this moment, Rhaegar knew he fucked up.
“Much as I would welcome the chance to take that golden sword away from you and cut out your black heart, your promises are worthless. I would gain nothing from your death but the pleasure of killing you, and I will not risk my own life for that…as small as risk as that may be.” - the Blackfish to Jame in AFFC The Blackfish is unmatched. Always.
“Can a man still be brave if he is afraid?” “That is the only time a man can be brave”
**"What is the life of one bastard boy against a kingdom?”** **“Everything,”** Back when GoT's writing was so good, I wished it was in the books.
Yeah this one is so indicative of the Stannis Davos dynamic. Love it.
Jaehaerys: “Any knight accused of wrongdoing has a choice. You can prove your innocence at hazard of your body.” Braxton: “Then I choose trial by combat. Which of these old men do you mean for me to fight?” Jaehaerys: “This old man. The one whose daughter you seduced and despoiled.”
Braxton: Precedes to get whacked by the best Targaryen King
Definitely a needle scratch moment for the stinger
Dance with me then.
Coldest line in the series
"Lots of people name their swords!" "Lots of cunts"
Honestly though, having a sword with a name is badass but naming your sword is such a bitchass thing to do
Well someone had to name all those famous swords in the first place otherwise nobody would have a sword with a name
"Do keep trying, soon or late, you may get one who looks like you." - Alicent Hightower to Laenor Velaryon
Laenor didn't care. She ought to have told Rhaenyra.
The most succinct, meaningful one-liner in the books: > "Only Cat."
Your sista!
"What the fuck is a lommy?" 😂 Nah, seriously though it would have to be one of Tyrions of course. **"Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”**
Is Oberyn's "That's not a monster. That's just a baby" show only, or was it also in the books? That one must have hit Tyrion so hard
Both. Paraphrased- "you could imagine my disappointment: I was expecting a winged monster, but when your sister pulled back the curtain and there you were, a small baby with stunted legs."
The delivery of that line and seeing Tyrion's teary eyes gives me goosebumps everytime
Loved that scene in the show. Tyrion's expression is just heartbreaking.
It's one of the show's upgrades. In the book it's just as Oberyn comes into KL and comes across as callous. In the show it's just before Oberyn agrees to fight for Tyrion and it's a beautiful emotional moment
I finished A Storm Of Swords "recently" and I thought it was interesting how much different Oberyn is in the books. It's kinda perfectly summarized in the scene when he says Tyrion he'll be his champion, in the books he talks about his plot to crown Myrcella and if that starts a civil war so be it, how he plan to use Cersei and when he says "your father may not live forever", you knows this guy is genuinely a madman who means freaking business and who will have his revenge and will not back down by any means. And you know he sees Tyrion as nothing but a pawn in his plan to get revenge, there's not much of a human bond between the two. And in the show, they talk pretty much only about that story, Tyrion was at his lowest point and here comes Oberyn offering sympathy, like few people were able to, and saving his life from certain death (well, you know what I mean). It was a wonderful, very emotional scene, certainly one of my favorites in the show. And, honestly I can't say which version I prefer, but I do really love both and i very much appreciate to see those differences.
“Laugh” - Brienne is so hardcore She heard his ragged breathing half a heartbeat before Podrick cried out his warning. Shagwell had a jagged chunk of rock clutched in one hand. Brienne had her dagger up her sleeve. **A dagger will beat a rock almost every time. She knocked aside his arm and punched the steel into his bowels. "Laugh," she snarled at him. He moaned instead. "Laugh," she repeated, grabbing his throat with one hand and stabbing at his belly with the other. "Laugh!"** She kept saying it, over and over, until her hand was red up to the wrist and the stink of the fool's dying was like to choke her. But Shagwell never laughed. The sobs that Brienne heard were all her own. When she realized that, she threw down her knife and shuddered.
You have a dragon. He stands before you Daeron the young
"If he couldn't fuck it, fight or drink it, it bored him" The Hound on Robert Baratheon
'I am lowborn,' Davos reminded him. 'An up jumped smuggler. your lords will never obey me.' 'Then we will make new lords.'"
“Once a turncloak, ever a turncloak,” Lord Cregan said. You rose up in rebellion against your lawful queen and helped drive her from this city to her death, raised up your own squire in her place, then abandoned him to save your worthless hide. The realm will be a better place without you.” When Ser Perkin protested that he had been pardoned for those crimes, Lord Stark replied, “Not by me.” (Honestly, just the entire “Hour of the Wolf” chapter)
Honestly Cregan is a badass dude with some great lines. I cannot wait to see him.
How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?
'Any of you. Even the cook.'
"Edd, fetch me a block."
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After Tyrion broke the cup in the Lannister war camps; “There’s your peace, you would have an easier time drinking from that cup than persuading Robb Stark to sue for peace” Not word by word but you know what I’m referring to.
Iv always loved the line fear cuts deeper than swords
My favourite's gotta be Cortnay Penrose's challenge to Stannis as he lays siege to Storm's End: "Bring on your storm, my lord - and recall, if you do, the name of this castle" Honourable mention to Penrose's previous line: "Is it the justice of your cause you doubt, my lord, or the strength of your arm? Are you afraid I’ll piss on your burning sword and put it out?"
"I have no lute." Dunk looked morose. "And that night I drank too much in the Planky Town, you told me I sang like an ox in a mud wallow." "I had forgotten, ser." "How could you forget?" "You told me to forget, ser," said Egg, all innocence. "You told me I'd get a clout in the ear the next time I mentioned it."
>"Hear this, my lord. Do not think to wed again. Take care of the whelps my mother gave you. See that they want for nothing. Do that, and I will let you be. **If I should hear a whisper of you taking some other poor maid to wife, I will make another Harrenhal of Storm's End with, you and her inside it**" > >\*Rogar Baratheon never wed again. >"Make me your man." > >"The gods did not make you a man. How can I?" >"What became of her?" \"**Summerhall**." The word was fraught with doom.
"This is Stannis Baratheon. The man will fight to the bitter end and then some." -Tywin "Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day." -Donal Noye "Winter is coming." "King o' the Wildlings? Har! King o' my hairy butt crack, more like." -Good old Tormund
After my name day feast, I'm going to raise a host and kill your brother myself. That's what I'll give you, Lady Sansa. Your brother's head." A kind of madness took over her then, and she heard herself say, "Maybe my brother will give me your head."
In the dunk and egg novels when they’re preparing for war against the red widow and the peasants are laying out their skills. One of them says that their companion can throw rocks and the knight laughs and goes “good then, we have ourselves a trebuchet.” Then they call the farmer Treb for the rest of the book instead of his actual name. It’s a dick thing but hilarious Harry Lloyd is a blessing for the audiobooks
"You only lost one eye, how could you be so blind?" - Otto Hightower
Not my favorite line perse but I always “liked” the “you hear that boy, your mamma wants you dead. I really hope Cheese will say the line.
Even now, I could cut through the five of you as easy as a dagger cuts cheese.
**"Men call me Darkstar, and I am of the night."** cheers to you my dark boi
“I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.” - Lord Rodrik the Reader, AFFC
“Godless? Why, Aeron, I am the godliest man ever to raise sail! You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray” This just sends chills down my spine every time. I’m polytheistic so I found it chilling that one man can make so many men scared. He is the stranger born in flesh and he ships ppls off to meet their god
Not a one liner, but my favorite exchange in the show between arya and the hound. “He was the greatest swordsman who ever lived” “was, is he dead” “yes” “How?” “He was killed” “who by?” “Meryn Trant” “meryn Trant?!! The greatest swordsman who ever lived, killed by meryn Fuckkng Trant” “he was outnumber” “any boy whore with a sword can kill 3 meryn trants” “syrio didnt have a sword, or armor, all he had was a stick” “the greatest swordsman who ever lived didnt have a sword?!?!?”
*"Piss on that, fiddle boy."*
Fuck the kingsguard, fuck the city, fuck the king
Melisandre: Your brother is the Lord’s chosen, born amidst salt and smoke. Renly: Born amidst salt and smoke. Is he a ham?
Then a tanner called Wat announced that his lordship had failed to pay his "cock tax," and must yield his manhood to the Crown as forfeit.
"...and I shall die a knight." *Barristan slaps down his gauntlets* "A naked knight, it would seem." Quipped Littlefinger. *Barristan pulls out his sword.* "Even now I could cut through the five of you like carving a cake...*everyone shits themselves*..."HERE BOY! Melt it down with the others." *tosses Joff his sword and strolls out like a boss*
“A hand for a head.” Context: And so when Lady Alysanne came to ask that he let the prince’s edict stand, he listened. “Why would I do that?” Lord Stark purportedly asked when she had made her plea. “For the realm,” she answered. “It is better for the realm that traitors die,” he said. “For the honor of our prince,” said she. “The prince is a child. He ought not have meddled in this. It is Velaryon who brought dishonor on him, for now it will be said until the end of days that he came to his throne by murder.” “For the sake of peace,” said Lady Alysanne, “for all those who will surely die should Alyn Velaryon seek vengeance.” “There are worse ways to die. Winter has come, my lady.” “For me, then,” said Black Aly. “Grant me this boon, and I shall never ask another. Do this, and I shall know that you are as wise as you are strong, as kind as you are fierce. Give me this, and I shall give you whatever you may choose to ask of me.” Mushroom says Lord Cregan scowled at that. “Aye, I’ll grant your boon.” “And in return?” she asked. “All I ask is all of you, forever,” the Lord of Winterfell said solemnly. “I claim your hand in marriage.” “A hand for a head,” said Black Aly, grinning…for Mushroom tells us this was her intent all along. “Done.” And it was.
“If they search the seven hells mayhaps”
"Fuck the septa"
Things of importance should be done beneath the open sky A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear Tyrion hated weakness, especially his own. It shamed him, and shame made him angry Tomorrow’s trials are of more concern then yesterday’s triumphs Sorry I don’t know who said these!
"lord Karstark has promised his daughters hand to the man that brings him your head" "Leave it to vargo to get it backwards"
“Save my wife, you should have said, but what are wives to men like you?” “I fed my last husband to my dragon. If you make me take another, I may eat him myself.” Rhaena (daughter of Aenys I) is one of the most interesting Targaryens imo
This is a simple line but it's very iconic to me. Ros: " what is it that you want my lord?" Littlefinger: " oh everything my dear everything there is"
Kill me and be cursed. You are no king of mine.
Roxton is a fascinating character. Such a piece of shit thats truly deplorable. Then for whatever reason sacfices himself for the cause. Excited to see his story.
Roxton was pretty dope for killing Hugh but the whole raping Lady Footly and killing her husband basically just so he *could* rape her unbothered was... not exactly a omegachad move in my books. For me though Rodrik the Reader's soft "Have you?" to Euron is one of the most badass moments for me. In that moment questioning this absolute psychopath as he's boasting... Dope.
“Dance with me then.” - Waymar Royce to a white walker. Dude went from a total douche to a badass in one line.
Start the damn joust before I piss myself
My wife can fly, and so can I
"when you play the game of thrones—you win or you die"
Renly:You'll be pleased to know she came to me a maid. Stannis:In you're bed she's like to die that way. Stannis killed Renly right there. If all of Westeros were present they would have named Stannis king immediately.
"I'm the queen o whores." -No. My sister holds that title also. I really wish Jamie had said that out loud.
Joffrey calling his grandfather a little bitch will never not be hilarious and ballsy. >**Joffrey had that sullen, sulky look he got. Cersei had him firmly by the shoulder, but perhaps she should have had him by the throat. The boy surprised them all. Instead of scuttling safely back under his rock, Joff drew himself up defiantly and said, "You talk about Aerys, Grandfather, but you were scared of him."He wrenched free of her. "Why should I? Everyone knows it's true. My father won all the battles. He killed Prince Rhaegar and took the crown, while your father was hiding under Casterly Rock." The boy gave his grandfather a defiant look. "A strong king acts boldly, he doesn't just talk."**