30 quotes
"Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths."
- George R.R. Martin
Compassion
"Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you."
- George R.R. Martin
Self-awareness
"A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf."
- George R.R. Martin
Self-awareness
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."
- George R.R. Martin
Personal Growth
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one."
- George R.R. Martin
Personal Growth
"Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever."
- George R.R. Martin
Relationships
"My old grandmother always used to say, summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever."
- George R.R. Martin
Relationships
"There’s no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it."
- George R.R. Martin
Courage
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies... The man who never reads lives only one."
- George R.R. Martin
Inspiration
"The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life."
- George R.R. Martin
Inspiration
"Sleep is good, and books are better."
- George R.R. Martin
Inspiration
"I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read."
- George R.R. Martin
Inspiration
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one..."
- George R.R. Martin
Inspiration
"Nothing burns like the cold."
- George R.R. Martin
Adversity
"Once you've accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you."
- George R.R. Martin
Self-confidence
"You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you."
- George R.R. Martin
Connection to Earth
"You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you..."
- George R.R. Martin
Connection to Earth
"She loved the sea. She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of the horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above. It made her feel small, but free as well."
- George R.R. Martin
Connection to Earth
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
- George R.R. Martin
Connection to Earth
"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."
- George R.R. Martin
Strength
"The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer."
- George R.R. Martin
Reflection
"A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better."
- George R.R. Martin
Learning from Mistakes
"Sleep is good. Books are better."
- George R.R. Martin
Contentment
""A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.""
- George R.R. Martin
Education
"A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinion of sheep."
- George R.R. Martin
Boldness
"The living should smile, for the dead cannot."
- George R.R. Martin
Philosophy
"What do we say to the Lord of Death? 'Not today.' "
- George R.R. Martin
Bravery
"Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him."
- George R.R. Martin
Bravery
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one."
- George R.R. Martin
Imagination
"Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow."
- George R.R. Martin
Influence