Extraits

"All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live."

Ygritte the Wildling

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.559]

"What do I want you ask? I'll tell you what I want. I want what is mine by rights. I want Casterly Rock."

His father's mouth grew hard. "Your brother's birthright?"

"The knights oh the Kingsguard are forbidden to marry, to father children and to hold land, you know that as well as I. The day Jaime put on that white cloak, he gave up his claim to Casterly Rock, but never once you acknowledged it. It's past time. I want you to stand up before the realm and proclaim that I am your son and your lawful heir."

Lord Tywin's eyes were a pale green flecked with gold, as luminous as they were merciless. "Casterly Rock," he declared in a flat cold dead tone. And then, "Never."

The word hung between them, huge, sharp, poisoned.

I knew the answer before I asked, Tyrion said, Eighteen years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard, and I never once raised the issue, I must have known. I must always have known. "Why?" he made himself ask, though he knew he would rue the question.

"You ask that? You, who killed your mother to come into the world? You are an ill-made, devious, disobedient, spiteful little creature full of envy, lust, and low cunning, Men's laws give you the right to bear my name and display my colors, since I cannot prove that you are not mine. To teach me humility, the gods have condemned me to watch you waddle about wearing that proud lion that was my father's sigil and his father's before him. But neither gods nor men shall ever compel me to let you turn Casterly Rock into your whorehouse."

"Soon comes the cold, and the night that never ends."

Melisandre of Asshai,the Red Woman, Priestess of R'hllor

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.500]

"A dragon is no slave."

Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, Mother of Dragons

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.380]

"Why do the gods make kings and queens, if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves ? [...] Justice... That's what kings are for."

Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, Mother of Dragons

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.374]

"I'm fat and I'm weak and I'm craven but I did my duty."

Samwell Tarly, Brother of the Night's Watch

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.240]

"Far be it from me to separate two hearts that beat as one."

Mance Rayder, the King-beyond-the-Wall

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.218]

"You are a free man now, and Ygritte is a free woman. What dishonor if you lay together ?"

Tormund, Mead-king of Ruddy Hall

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.207]

"Old Nan used to tell stories about knights and their ladies who would sleep in a single bed with a blade between them for honor's sake, but he thought this must be the first time where a direwolf took the place of the sword."

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.206]

"It feels so good to hold her, and to be held. How can something this sweet be a crime worth hanging her for ?"

Tyrion Lannister, the Imp

[HarperVoyager 2011 - p.169]