Jared Nelson

“You are grown so very great now, yet the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold

“Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays

“Do you believe in ghosts, Maester?" [Jaime] asked Qyburn.

The man's face grew strange. "Once, at the Citadel, I came into an empty room and saw an empty chair. Yet I knew a woman had been there, only a moment before. The cushion was dented where she'd sat, the cloth was still warm, and her scent lingered in the air. If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons