Zitate und Sprüche von Otto Hightower

I'll caution you, Lord Corlys, a seat at the King's table does not make you his equal.

A loyal hand must tell his King a discomforting truth from time to time, Your Grace. If he doesn't he's failed as a servant.

There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin, and no war so bloody as a war between dragons.

The war will be fought, many will die, and the victor will eventually ascend the Throne.

Anyone whose tongue dares to question the birth of Princess Rhaenyra's sons should have it removed.

What is this brief mortal life if not the pursuit of legacy?

You may know what is the right thing to be done, but love stays the hand. Love is a downfall. Best to make your way through life unencumbered.

You may do as you wish, husband, when I am cold in my grave.

Rhaenyra: "You do not desert your post when the storm lashes."
Laenor: "The wise sailor flees the storm as it gathers."

Harwin Strong: "You're asleep in front of the Commander of the City Watch. Terrible lack of respect."
Rhaenyra: "A certain insolence runs in the family, I'm afraid."

Viserys: "I do hope the labor was easy."
Rhaenyra: "I think I called the midwife a c*nt."

This is why men wage war. Because women would never be ready for the battle in time.

Is it not better to live in peace than to have songs sung after you are dead?

The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands.

We obviously didn't communicate clearly. We are here to discuss your surrender, not mine.

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

You just sent the most powerful man in Westeros to bed without his supper.

When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies.

Stannis: "You're as stubborn as your father... and as honorable."
Jon: "I could imagine no higher praise."

We perform our duty to our fathers and to the realm. And when it's done each of us dines as we see fit.

How romantic it must be to get imprisoned in a castle and made to squeeze out heirs.

Money buys a man's silence for a time, a bolt in the heart buys it forever.

Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies, a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie.

Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe.​

Gendry: "You shouldn't insult people that are bigger than you."
Arya: "Then I wouldn't get to insult anyone."

Death is certain, the time is not.

You stole three deaths from the Red God. We have to give them back. Speak three names and a man will do the rest.

You waste time trying to get people to love you, you'll end up the most popular dead man in town.

Bronn: "The little king's backed up. Clogged from balls to brains."
Tyrion: "You think dipping his wick will cure what ails him?"
Bronn: "There's no cure for being a c*nt."

When you play the Game of Thrones you win... or you die. There is no middle-ground.

What good is power if you cannot protect the ones you love?

A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.

Any man who must say, 'I am the king', is no true king.

Hate's as good a thing as any to keep a person going. Better than most.

You think you wanted revenge a long time? I've been after it all my life. It's all I care about. Look at me! You wanna be like me?

The man who passes the sentence, should swing the sword.

Cersei: "All you needed to do was climb the steps yourself. Such a sad mistake."
Ned: "I've made many mistakes in my life, but that wasn't one of them."

Power resides where men believe it resides.

A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

It's the most heroic thing we can do now. Look the truth in the face.

Gods. Kings. Fire. And blood. Dreams didn't make us kings. Dragons did.

Most women don't know what they like until they've tried it. And sadly, so many of us get to try so little before we're old and grey.

Hunger turns men into beasts.

You spent too much time with the Free Folk. Now you don't like kneeling.

The day I ask my people to fight with the Crows is the day my people cut my guts from my belly and make me eat them.

One downside of our big brains is we're the only creatures who are aware that death is inevitable. Although, if you lined ten dogs in a row and shot them one by one, the dog on the end would probably get the gist by about dog four.