And Winterfell … grey granite, oak and iron, crows wheeling around the towers, steam rising off the hot pools in the godswood, the stone kings sitting on their thrones … how could Winterfell be gone?

“Tarly, when I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood a…”

“Sometimes there is no happy choice, Sam, only one less grievous than the others.”

“If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow wit…”

“You will never find the eye with your fingers, Bran. You must search with your …”