More quotes by George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

"A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better."
"When you play a game of thrones you win or you die."
"... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge."
"...How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin?""In my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a maiden's mouth around my cock, at the age of eighty,"he replied."
"Laughter is poison to fear."