"The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)"
- George R.R. Martin
"Look at me!" he would shout as he ran laughing through the halls of Storm's End. "Look at me, I'm a dragon," or "Look at me, I'm a wizard," or "Look at me, look at me, I'm the rain"
"My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish"
"Arya did not dare [take a bath], even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it did..."