Even now, it was hard for her to believe that he was truly gone. Some nights she would wake in darkness, half-asleep, and for an instant expect to find him there beside her.
George R.R. MartinShe sighed. “I wish I had their faith. Crimson is a Lannister color.”
“That thing’s not crimson,” Ser Brynden said. “Nor Tully red, the mud red of the river. That’s blood up there, child, smeared across the sky.”
“Our blood or theirs?”
“Was there ever a war where only one side bled?
Some say knowledge is power. Some tell us that all power comes from the gods. Others say it derives from law. Yet that day on the steps of Baelor’s Sept, our godly High Septon and the lawful Queen Regent and your ever-so-knowledgeable servant were as powerless as any cobbler or cooper in the crowd.
Who truly killed Eddard Stark, do you think? Joffrey, who gave the command? Ser Ilyn Payne, who swung the sword? Or . . . another?”
Tyrion cocked his head sideways. “Did you mean to answer your damned riddle, or only to make my head ache worse?”
Varys smiled. “Here, then. Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.
I swear it by earth and water,” said the boy in green.
“I swear it by bronze and iron,” his sister said.
“We swear it by ice and fire,” they finished together.
You will need to be brave and strong . . . and patient, patient above all.
George R.R. MartinA sweet offer . . . yet sweets can be poisoned.
George R.R. MartinNot all of us can be as bold as Jaime, but there are other ways to win wars.
George R.R. MartinMy father once told me that some men are not worth having,” Jon finished. “A
bannerman who is brutal or unjust dishonors his liege lord as well as himself.
Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.
George R.R. Martin¿Tan lejos anda la locura de la sabiduría?
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