❝ why would the stars want to look down on one such as me? ❞
❝ sometimes i think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. maybe pretending is how you get brave. ❞
❝ come, curse me or kiss me or call me a liar. something. ❞
❝ some battles are not won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens. ❞
❝ old stories are like old friends. you have to visit them from time to time. ❞
❝ still, night falls for all of us in the end, and too soon for some. ❞
❝ and i tell you truly, there is no man in all the world who will ever be half so true to you as me. ❞
❝ there are fights no swords can win. ❞
❝ nothing will happen to you. nothing. i could not stand it. ❞
❝ in such troubled times, it is hard to know friend from foe. ❞
❝ you hide behind courtesy as if it were a castle wall. ❞
❝ why do i enrage you so? i’ve never done you harm that i know of. ❞
❝ it seems to me that a ruler who trusts no one is as foolish as a ruler who trusts everyone. ❞
❝ love’s not always wise, i’ve learned. it can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts…wherever they take us. ❞
❝ only lies offend me, never honest counsel. ❞
❝ it was never my wish to sow enmity between us. ❞
❝ best you were taken to your bed for a long resting, until you are stronger. ❞
❝ even brave men blind themselves sometimes, when they are afraid to see. ❞
❝ no harm will come to you, you have my word on that. ❞
❝ the worst is behind us. don’t be frightened. ❞
❝ silence. have you forgotten who i am? ❞
❝ there is something we must speak of. will you walk with me? ❞
❝ you shall rise again, i am sure. a man like you. ❞
❝ i am not a cruel man. you know me. ❞
❝ the world grows a little darker every day. ❞
❝ i have need of good counsel, and you never gave me less. ❞
❝ you are a treacherous old rogue, but a good friend all the same. ❞
❝ madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. ❞
❝ if you love me all so much, why are you still dressed? ❞
❝ you’re mine. mine, as i’m yours. ❞
❝ wars need not be fought until the last drop of blood. ❞
❝ one voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found. ❞
❝ when it comes to battle, discipline beats valour every time. ❞
❝ sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing. ❞
❝ it is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues. all that remains is vengeance. ❞
❝ only blood can pay for blood. ❞
❝ why do you hesitate? kill him, and be done. ❞
❝ i will fall into those eyes and drown. ❞
❝ harsh justice is still justice. ❞
❝ i am cleverer than most, surely wits count for something. ❞
❝ there’s a storm coming. a bad one. ❞
❝ men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. ❞
❝ the greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them. ❞
❝ all these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers. ❞
❝ you were made to be kissed, often and well. ❞
❝ i walk alone with no true companion but tears. ❞
❝ there is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs. ❞
❝ there are fights no swords can win. ❞
❝ here you are my guest, and safe from harm at my hands…this night, at least. ❞
❝ i love the smell of you. i love your hair. i love your mouth, and the way you kiss me. ❞
❝ i am alive, and drunk on sunlight. ❞
❝ we look up at the same stars and see such different things. ❞
❝ let them kill me. so long as i die fighting, a blade in hand. ❞
❝ they are still behind us. they are taking us one by one. ❞
❝ cry if you must. in your place, i would likely rip my hair out. ❞
❝ would you wake me, please? i’m having this terrible nightmare. ❞
❝ i know what it is like to love so greatly you can think of nothing else. ❞
❝ if truth be told, i’m bored with your company. ❞
❝ i am tired of fighting you. what say we make a truce? ❞
❝ no man grows rich by kindness. ❞
❝ it is well you did not lie to me. i would have known. ❞
❝ the blood of my enemies i will shed gladly. the blood of innocents is another matter. ❞
❝ i do not know who you are, and it may be that’s for the best. someone important, i fear. ❞
❝ is every word you say a lie? ❞
❝ why should i tell you my name? you haven’t told me yours. ❞
❝ you are weak as a child, and no warrior. ❞
❝ if i look back i am lost. ❞
❝ if you lie to me, i will have your tongue. ❞
❝ you’ve grown more amusing since last we met. ❞
❝ i wonder if i might have a few private words? ❞
❝ i dreamed a dream, no more. go back to sleep. ❞
❝ this is a bad place, is it not? a dark place, and foul. ❞
❝ i did not intend to give offence. forgive me. ❞
❝ you have never feared to speak the truth, why do you lie to yourself? ❞
❝ the music’s still playing. might i have this dance? ❞
❝ your eyes give the lie to your tongue. ❞
❝ let me go now. for our friendship, wish me luck and let me go ❞
❝ a wise man never makes an enemy of a king. ❞
❝ this must be our last time together. the danger is too great. ❞
❝ some day try thinking before you speak. ❞
❝ i have a dragon’s temper, that’s all. you must not let it frighten you. ❞
❝ you must not be saying such things, even in jest. ❞
❝ what we want is not always what we get. ❞
❝ put up that sword now, unless you want to be hurt. ❞
❝ sometimes a man knows more than he says. ❞
❝ when i don’t fancy a man’s eyes, i put an arrow through one. ❞
❝ my heart is full of doubts. ❞
❝ in times like this, we must make do as best we can. ❞
❝ i never dreamed how quick the sweet would turn to sour. ❞
❝ my skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel. ❞
❝ the stink of death is fresh on you. ❞
❝ you have repaid betrayal with betrayal, let it end. ❞
❝ the higher the man climbs the farther he has to fall. ❞
❝ i was hoping one look at this sweet face of mine would be enough to persuade you all of my innocence. ❞
❝ after all the storms we’ve suffered, you should trust me better. ❞
❝ you can kill your enemies, but can you rule your friends? ❞
❝ could there be honor in a lie, if it were told for a good purpose? ❞
❝ i am the monster they all say i am. ❞
❝ pray excuse me, i need to hit someone very hard with a sword. ❞
❝ you did your best to kill me. perhaps i ought to return the favor. ❞
❝ you do, don’t you? you take me for a fool. ❞
❝ we’re all just songs in the end, if we’re lucky. ❞
❝ there is a long league’s worth of difference between wilful and stupid. ❞
❝ you…a man like you brings blood with him. ❞
❝ when did i make so many enemies? ❞
❝ i must be strong. if i despair, my grief will consume me. ❞
❝ give me sweet lies, and keep your bitter truths. ❞
❝ i know what it is to be betrayed by men you trusted. ❞
❝ all my victories turn to dross in my hands. ❞
❝ it is a pleasure to look on you again, even in such trying times. ❞
❝ are you scared? have you lost your belly for fighting? ❞
❝ you were so long, i feared something had gone amiss. ❞
❝ any man who must say ‘i am king’ is no true king at all. ❞
❝ always keep your foes confused. if they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. ❞
❝ small men curse what they cannot understand. ❞
❝ if you’re lying to me again, you won’t be leaving here alive. ❞
❝ it all goes back and back to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. we are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us. ❞
❝ when you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him. ❞
❝ a pure world. i do not belong here. ❞
❝ you make me sorry that i am not the monster you would have me be. ❞
❝ i crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. don’t tell me to leave. ❞
❝ my big mouth will be the death of me, i swear it. ❞
❝ we have suffered much, and there is more peril and more grief ahead. ❞
❝ i…i suppose i earned that. ❞
❝ begging for help never gets you any. ❞
❝ you’re not made to lie. you blush and squeak and stammer. ❞
❝ one day you must tell me all. the good and the bad. ❞
❝ and there is stands, miserable as it is. my ancestral home. ❞
❝ whatever i do, all i make is death and horror. ❞
❝ it is safer to walk in darkness here. there are things you would not wish to see. ❞
❝ you have a certain cunning, but the plain truth is you talk too much. ❞
❝ that might have hurt me once, when i still felt pain. ❞
❝ we will fight a battle, and then we will rest. alive or dead, we’ll rest. ❞
❝ every man must die. but first he must live. ❞
❝ all night i have been making songs for you in my head. ❞
❝ my blood, my body, my songs, you own them all. ❞
❝ if you lie i’ll punch your face. ❞
❝ what a fight that was, and what a foe. ❞
❝ be quiet. i will tell you when you can speak. ❞
❝ forgive me. you have to forgive me. ❞
❝ never lie to me. never betray me. ❞
❝ there are two sorts of people. the players and the pieces. ❞
❝ the only thing i value less than my life right now is yours. ❞
❝ perhaps i should leave you here to rot if you’re going to be so discourteous. ❞
❝ i hadn’t forgotten, though i hoped you had. ❞
❝ i can still bite and kick. i’ll die with the taste of blood in my mouth, that’s something. ❞
❝ you bray like an ass, and make no more sense. ❞
❝ you do not belong here. this is not your place. ❞
❝ i’m not going back to sleep. my head is all a tumult. ❞
❝ some doors are best left closed. ❞
❝ it does not matter how brave or brilliant a man is, if his commands cannot be heard. ❞
❝ a man who fears battle wins no victories. ❞
❝ you’re not half bad with a sword, but you’re not good enough to take on two hundred men by yourself. ❞
❝ that is a good color on you. it goes well with your eyes. ❞
❝ if blood is what you wish, then let it flow. ❞
❝ i liked you well enough…but i never trusted you. a man needs to earn my trust. ❞
❝ it is good to see you know who i am. ❞
❝ i have told you no lies. yet there have been truths i have withheld. ❞
❝ pardon me if i do not weep for you. ❞
❝ you’ll find nothing here but death. ❞
❝ don’t…don’t talk like this. you’re scaring me. ❞
❝ you must be very brave or very stupid. ❞
❝ i gave you the truth. you owe me the same. ❞
❝ that loose tongue of yours will be your undoing. ❞
❝ i must have fire in my eyes when i face them, not tears. ❞
❝ it will take more than an arrow to kill you. ❞
❝ the sound’s inside, it’s in here with us, and it’s getting louder. ❞
❝ see? we know each other too well. ❞
❝ you meddle in matters you do not understand. ❞
❝ i have no luck. i have never had any bloody luck. ❞
❝ do all gods feel so lonely? ❞
❝ you are strangely quiet. how do you feel, i wonder? ❞
❝ stop trying to think up ways to kill me. none of it will do you any bit of good. ❞
❝ all you need to do is take my hand, come on. ❞
❝ we’re together, just as you’ve always wanted, just as we’ve always planned. ❞
❝ wars are won with quills and ravens. ❞
❝ if only i had my sword, nothing could harm me. ❞
❝ a valiant deed unsung is no less valiant. ❞
❝ there are wolves in these woods, and worse things. ❞
❝ say nothing of what we’ve discussed here today. to anyone. ❞
❝ you’d best go. you’re making me angry. ❞
❝ fear cuts deeper than swords. ❞
❝ an ill-omened name. i have asked you not to use it. ❞
❝ you cannot hide from me. come closer, now. ❞
❝ there’s no cause for all these tears. ❞
❝ it is good that you have woken, but you must give yourself time to heal. ❞
❝ there is no honor in hiding and sneaking. ❞
❝ come with me. we have to get away from here, and now. ❞
❝ kings are falling like leaves this autumn. ❞
❝ you don’t know half as much as you think you do. ❞
❝ you seem so sombre. is aught amiss? ❞