George R. R. Martin Quotes

It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.

I think anybody with an insecurity, which is everyone, appreciates the fact that it's much easier to be a predator than it is to be prey.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

I think that children are acutely sensitive to injustice because they live in a world that is absolutely filled with injustice. They have very, very little power, and they are extremely aware of power relations.

The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

You never make fun of anybody with a club foot or a withered arm, but it's open season on anybody who stutters.

If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because it kind of feels powerful for a person to write in a paper and get that thing out there.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

They'll never do this to you again.

Weakness is provocation.

I was brought up with a very strong value that you should always protect the small and the few against those who want to misuse their muscle and weight in order to get what they weren't supposed to.

When men act up by being degrading, dismissive, condescending, shut off, or sullen, that can often dumbfound you as a woman and get you off balance. At that point, you can feel and look like a deer in the headlights, which makes you even more vulnerable to such a man's next volley of vitriol.

Weakness is provocative.

I would never make fun of anyone who is obviously disabled who cannot defend himself, like Donald Trump.

The man can only ride you when your back is bent.

I wonder what it's like to have that much power over a boy. I don't think I'd want it - it's a lot of responsibility to hold a person's heart in your hands.

I wanted to protect him, which I was sure I could do, even if I could not protect myself.

No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows; in no way can the success of evil be made surer or quicker.

There was a small boy on crutches. I do not know his name, and I suspect I never will. But I will never forget his face, his smile, his sorrow. He is one of the millions robbed of hope and dignity by charlatans discussed in this book. Wherever and whoever he is, I apologize to him for not having been able to protect him from such an experience. I humbly dedicate this book to him and to the many others who have suffered because the rest of us began caring too late.

I gripped the stapler even harder and felt like a fool planning to battle a crazy man with a stapler that even, I suddenly remembered, contained no staples. Well, strike that line of defense.