The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister

Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay home and tend his garden in content, for this wide world has no greater wonder.

—A Dance with Dragons

If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.

—A Dance with Dragons

The Shrouded Lord is just a legend, no more real than the ghost of Lann the Clever that some claim haunts Casterley Rock.

—A Dance with Dragons

Trust no one. And keep your dragon close.

—A Dance with Dragons

On Religion

What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?

—A Dance with Dragons

When I was a boy, my wet nurse told me that one day, if men were good, the gods would give the world a summer without ending.

—A Game of Thrones

Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.

—A Dance with Dragons

Somewhere some god is laughing.

—A Dance with Dragons

If there are gods to listen, they are monstrous gods, who torment us for their sport. Who else would make a world like this, so full of bondage, blood, and pain?

—A Dance with Dragons

The gods give with one hand and take with the other.

—A Clash of Kings

If I could pray with my cock, I would be much more religious.

—A Clash of Kings

BY GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

A Song of Ice and Fire

Book One: A Game of Thrones

Book Two: A Clash of Kings

Book Three: A Storm of Swords

Book Four: A Feast for Crows

Book Five: A Dance with Dragons

Dying of the Light

Windhaven

(with Lisa Tuttle)

Fevre Dream

The Armageddon Rag

Dead Man’s Hand

(with John J. Miller)

Short Story Collections

Dreamsongs: Volume I

Dreamsongs: Volume II

A Song for Lya and Other Stories

Songs of Stars and Shadows

Sandkings

Songs the Dead Men Sing

Nightflyers

Tuf Voyaging

Portraits of His Children

Quartet

Edited by George R. R. Martin

New Voices in Science Fiction, Volumes 1–4

The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book

(with Isaac Asimov and Martin Harry Greenberg)

The John W. Campbell Awards, Volume 5

Night Visions 3

Wild Cards I–XXI

Old Mars

(with Gardner Dozois)

About the author

G

EORGE

R. R. M

ARTIN

is the #1

New York Times

bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—

A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows,

and

A Dance with Dragons

. As a writer-producer, he has worked on

The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast,

and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

www.georgerrmartin.com