George R. R. Martin Quotes

When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.

That is the rule of the Wilds: You must be bigger and stronger and tougher. You must hurt or be hurt.

We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting.

We have become too civilized to grasp the obvious. For the truth is very simple. To survive you often have to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself. War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil. Those who take the sword perish by the sword, and those who don't take the sword perish by smelly diseases.

The weak are meat the strong do eat.

Typically in 'Game of Thrones,' people who are honest and just and do things for the right reasons tend not to survive.

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.

I like fighting because it's honest.

I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self.

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

Don't be deceived. There is no justice but strength.

People are violent by nature. That’s why we rule the earth; we beat the crap out of everyone else.

Chivalry only worked with men of the same class.

For Mr. Putin, vacillation invites aggression. His world is a brutish, cynical place, where power is worshiped, weakness is despised, and all rivalries are zero-sum.

I've had friends who have experienced pretty horrible things, some pretty brutal things, and survived. And I know that they and I would never want them to be without the ability to defend themselves.

The strong were always eating the weak.

This world… belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak.

A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword

War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins.

Only a more savage nation can survive.

Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong.

Sweetie, in our world, fair’s got nothing to do with anything. He who has the greatest power wins. It’s why we’re all willing to kill each other off without flinching. (Solin)

But you can't kill humans It's-- Evil? The world is evil Risika. Wolves hunt the stragglers in a group of deer. Vultures devour the fallen.Hyenas destroy the weak. Humans kill that which they fear. Survive and be strong, or die, cornered by your prey, trembling because the night is dark.

Taking things not as they ought to be, but as they are, I fear it must be allowed that Macchiavelli will always have more disciples than Jesus.

In the enclave, the strong and the physically perfect survived, but if you were strong, you protected the weak until they had an opportunity to grow into their own power.