George R. R. Martin Quotes

I've kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.

...We're allotted a little space on earth and that we survive in that wilderness that can take back what it has given, as easily as blowing its breath on us or sending the sea to tell us we are not so big. When we forget how close the wilderness is in the night, my grandpa said, someday it will come in and get us, for we will have forgotten how terrible and real it can be.

The dead sleep in their moonless night; my business is with the living.

Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so.

The one in front of the gun lives forever

It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night." "How are those better odds? If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night." "No," Reacher said. "If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.

He would work through the night and sleep until lunch. There wasn't really much else to do. Make something, and die.

If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.

Either I act or I die.

But in Hiroshima, some people were wiped clean away, leaving only a wristwatch or a diary page. So no matter that I have inhibitions to fill all my pockets, I keep trying, hoping that one day I'll write a poem I can be proud to let sit in a museum exhibit as the only proof I existed.

I didn't even think I would make it that long. I thought I would drug overdose, like Jimi Hendrix. I thank God every day to even be here.

Property is theft. Nobody "owns" anything. When you die, it all stays here.

For me, the dead remain dead. If I couldn't believe that, I don't think I could go on living.

My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed.

Always face what you fear. Have just enough money, never too much, and some string. Even if it’s not your fault, it’s your responsibility. Witches deal with things. Never stand between two mirrors. Never cackle. Do what you must do. Never lie, but you don’t always have to be honest. Never wish. Especially don’t wish upon a star, which is astronomically stupid. Open your eyes, and then open your eyes again.

The world will fall, the gods will die, and I will never achieve a perfect score on this stupid machine. -Dionysus

Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that's the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.

"What is the greatest surprise you have found about life?" a university student asked me several years ago. "The brevity of it," I replied without hesitation. Time moves so quickly, and no matter who we are or what we have done, the time will come when our lives will be over. As Jesus said, "As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work" (John 9:4).

Man, who wert once a despot and a slave, A dupe and a deceiver! a decay, A traveller from the cradle to the grave Through the dim night of this immortal day.

No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck.

So, have a little fun. Soon enough you'll be dead and burning in Hell with the rest of your family.

People have hope because they cannot see Death standing behind them.

You're never more alive than in battle." "Never more dead after," I say.

Now that you've grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we'll never make it out alive...

People die, Rachel," Ceri said, her cheeks flushing. "Not if I can help it," I snapped. "And not of a broken heart. If you could, I'd be dead already.