I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.
George R. R. Martin
Lion, Cage, Cersei, Power, Control, Dominance
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“Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.” George R. R. Martin
Jon Snow, Kill, Winter, Transformation, Coming of Age, Change
George R. R. Martin Jon Snow, Kill, Winter, Transformation, Coming of Age, Change“It’s being ready to accept rejection. You can work on a book for two years and get it published, and it’s like you may as well have thrown it down a well. It’s not all champagne and doing interviews with The New York Times.” George R. R. Martin
Creative Challenges, Resilience, Reality Of Writing, Rejection, Book, Published
George R. R. Martin Creative Challenges, Resilience, Reality Of Writing, Rejection, Book, Published“The prejudice is still there, but it's breaking down. You have writers like Michael Chabon and The Yiddish Policemen's Union. He's a writer who's determined to break down genre barriers. He's done amazing things.” George R. R. Martin
Prejudice, Barriers, Writers, Change, Genre, Progress
George R. R. Martin Prejudice, Barriers, Writers, Change, Genre, Progress“Daenerys Targaryen wed Khal Drogo with fear and barbaric splendor in a field beyond the walls of Pentos, for the Dothraki believed that all things of importance in a man’s life must be done beneath the open sky.” George R. R. Martin
Dothraki Marriage, Barbaric Splendor, Khal Drogo, Marriage, Splendor, Drogo
George R. R. Martin Dothraki Marriage, Barbaric Splendor, Khal Drogo, Marriage, Splendor, Drogo“The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.” George R. R. Martin
Heart Lies, Head Tricks, Truth Vision, Lies, Tricks, Vision
George R. R. Martin Heart Lies, Head Tricks, Truth Vision, Lies, Tricks, Vision“You could make a poultice out of mud to cool a fever. You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop to feed your children. Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time.” George R. R. Martin
Mud, Healing, Fire, Nature, Choices, Growth
George R. R. Martin Mud, Healing, Fire, Nature, Choices, Growth“I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them.” George R. R. Martin
Writers, Writing, Road, Creativity, Challenges, Inspiration
George R. R. Martin Writers, Writing, Road, Creativity, Challenges, Inspiration“So many vows... they make you swear and swear. Defend the King. Obey the king. Obey your father. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak... what if your father despise the king? what if the king massacres the innocent? Its too much. No matter what you do, your forsaking one vow or another.” George R. R. Martin
Moral Dilemmas, Conflicting Loyalties, Ethical Complexity, Vows, King, Innocent
George R. R. Martin Moral Dilemmas, Conflicting Loyalties, Ethical Complexity, Vows, King, Innocent“Generally speaking, I’m much more in favour of penises entering vaginas than axes entering skulls. But the world seems to accept the violence a lot easier than the sex.” George R. R. Martin
Social Norms, Controversial Perspectives, Cultural Irony, Violence, Sex, Axes
George R. R. Martin Social Norms, Controversial Perspectives, Cultural Irony, Violence, Sex, Axes“Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it’s the execution that is all-important.” George R. R. Martin
Ideas, Execution, Creativity, Inspiration, Writing Process, Mindset
George R. R. Martin Ideas, Execution, Creativity, Inspiration, Writing Process, Mindset“When they write the history of my reign, sweet sister, they will say that it began tonight.” George R. R. Martin
Legacy Building, Dramatic Statements, Historical Turning Points, Reign, History, Legacy
George R. R. Martin Legacy Building, Dramatic Statements, Historical Turning Points, Reign, History, Legacy“One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish what you write.' I never had any problem with the first one, 'You must write' - I was writing since I was a kid. But I never finished what writing.” George R. R. Martin
Writing Challenges, Discipline, Creative Growth, Heinlein, Rules, Persistence
George R. R. Martin Writing Challenges, Discipline, Creative Growth, Heinlein, Rules, Persistence“My characters who come back from death are worse for wear. In some ways, they're not even the same characters anymore. The body may be moving, but some aspect of the spirit is changed or transformed, and they've lost something.” George R. R. Martin
Characters, Death, Transformation, Spirit, Change, Identity
George R. R. Martin Characters, Death, Transformation, Spirit, Change, Identity“Tyrion wondered what it would be like to have a twin, and decided that he would rather not know. Bad enough to face himself in a looking glass every day.” George R. R. Martin
Tyrion, Twin, Identity, Reflection, Self, Doubt
George R. R. Martin Tyrion, Twin, Identity, Reflection, Self, Doubt“I’m sorry that I never trusted you. I don’t know how to do that anymore.” George R. R. Martin
Trust Regret, Apology Change, Broken Trust, Regret, Change, Trust
George R. R. Martin Trust Regret, Apology Change, Broken Trust, Regret, Change, Trust“I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.” George R. R. Martin
Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Genre, Literature, Writing, Fiction
George R. R. Martin Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Genre, Literature, Writing, Fiction“A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword.” George R. R. Martin
Hedge Knight, Pride, Sellsword, Honor, Knightship, Identity
George R. R. Martin Hedge Knight, Pride, Sellsword, Honor, Knightship, Identity“When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it.” George R. R. Martin
Relationships, Perspective, Humor, Acceptance, Life, Realism
George R. R. Martin Relationships, Perspective, Humor, Acceptance, Life, Realism