"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."
"Fear cuts deeper than swords."
"Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?''That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him."
"... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge."
"Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it."
"...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."