Dreams were a treacherous ground on which to build.
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Pain was as much a part of knighthood as were swords and shields.
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
I am going to clout you in the ear so hard your head will turn around backwards, and you'll spend the rest of your life looking at where you've been.
A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword.
George R. R. Martin - The Hedge Knight
Better a beggar than a thief.
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
All men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned.
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Egg has the truth of it. Aerion's quite the monster. He thinks he's a dragon in human form, you know. That's why he was so wroth at that puppet show. A pity he wasn't born a Fossoway, then he'd think himself an apple and we'd all be a deal safer, but there you are.
Why give a horse to a man who cannot ride?
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
A Hedge Knight is the truest kind of knight, Dunk. Other Knights serve the Lords who keep them, or from whom they hold their lands, but we serve where we will, for men whose causes we believe in. Every Knight swears to protect the weak, but we keep the vow the best, I think.
George R. R. Martin - The Hedge Knight
"A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart."
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Hard things only grow harder if you put them off.
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
"Outwitted by a boy of ten." Dunk looked at Egg and silently mouthed the words "clout in the ear". The boy grinned.
Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
My brothers have my measure when it comes to fighting and dancing and thinking and reading books, but none of them is half my equal at lying insensible in the mud.
Dunk the lunk, thick as a castle wall.
George R. R. Martin - The Hedge Knight
Oak and iron, guard me well, or else I'm dead, and doomed to hell.
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
The summers have been shorter since the last dragon died, and the winters longer and crueler.
George R. R. Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms