The seeing – the true seeing – that is the heart of swordplay. Game of Thrones s1e8: The Pointy End
What do we say to the god of death? Not today. ibid. sword-fight tutor loses fight
When I was still a boy, before they cut my balls off with a hot knife ... I travelled with a group of actors through the Free Cities. They taught me that each man has a role to play. The same is true at court; I am the Master of Whisperers. My role is to be sly, obsequious, and without scruples [smiles and shrugs]. I am a good actor, my Lord. Game of Thrones s1e9: Baelor, Varys
Love is the death of duty ... What is honour compared to a woman’s love? ibid. blind bloke
Robb Stark: I’ll kill them all. Every one of them. I’ll kill them all.
Catelyn Stark: My boy, they have your sisters. We have to get the girls back ... and then we will kill them all. Game of Thrones s1e10: Fire and Blood
These are my terms! If the Queen Regent and her son meet them, I’ll give them peace. If not, I will litter the south with Lannister dead! Game of Thrones s2e1: The North Remembers, Robb Stark
Storms come and go. The big fish eat the little fish. And I keep on paddling. Game of Thrones s2e2: The Night Lands, Varys to Tyrion
Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick. A shadow on the wall. And a very small man can caste a very long shadow. Game of Thrones s2e3: What is Dead May Never Die, Varys to wee man
Tywin Lannister: Why are these prisoners not in their cells?
Gregor Clegane: Cells are overflowing, my Lord. Game of Thrones s2e4: Garden of Bones
7They are going to attack us. We need to be ready. Game of Thrones s2e5: The Ghost of Harrenhal, Tyrion
It’s just words, boy. To keep us a little warmer in the night, to make us feel like we’ve got a purpose. Game of Thrones s2e6: The Old Gods and the New, Guide
Ygritte: And you think you’re free? You swore some stupid oath, and now you can never touch a girl?
Jon Snow: It was my choice to say the words.
Ygritte: So you don’t like girls?
Jon Snow: ’Course I like girls!
Ygritte: But you promised never to touch them?!
Jon Snow: That’s the price you pay if you want to be a man of the Night’s Watch! Games of Thrones s2e7: A Man Without Honour
Are you the dumbest cunt alive? A cunt. A dumb cunt who killed the only two Starks in Winterfell. Game of Thrones s2e8: The Prince of Winterfell sister to brother
Killing’s the thing you love. Just like me. Game of Thrones s2e9: Blackwater ***** barbarian to warrior bloke with bird
The gods have no mercy, that’s why they’re gods. ibid. Queen mother
Stannis is a killer. The Lannisters are killers. Your father was a killer. Your brother is a killer. Your sons will be killers someday. The world is built by killers. So you’d better get used to looking at them. ibid. Sandor Clegane
This war is just begun. It will last for years. Thousands will die at your command ... You will be King. Game of Thrones s2e10: Valar Morghulis, red-headed woman
We need to get back to the wall. It’s a long march and you know what’s out there. We have to make it, have to warn them, or before winter’s done everyone you have ever known will be dead. Game of Thrones s3e1: Valar Dohaeris, white-headed leader
The raven is you. Game of Thrones s3e2: Dark Wings, Dark Words, boy in woods with bow and arrow
What news of Jaime? Twenty thousand unwashed northerners have known about his escape for weeks; collectively you control more spies and informants than the rest of the world combined ... Try harder! Game of Thrones s3e3: Walk of Punishment, Tywin Lannister to council
Unsullied! You have been slaves, all your life. Today, you are free. Any man who wishes to leave may leave, and no-one will harm him – I give you my word. Will you fight for me – as free men? Game of Thrones s3e4: And Now His Watch is Ended, Daenerys Targaryen
It’s treason to free your enemies. In war, you kill your enemies. Did your father not teach you that, boy? Game of Thrones s3e5: Kissed By Fire, Rickard Karstark
He wasn’t good to me the way you are good to me. He didn’t do that thing you do with your tongue. Game of Thrones s3e6: The Climb, bird to Jon Snow
From now on, I will see to it that you are appropriately consulted on important matters ... whenever necessary. Your Grace. Game of Thrones s3e7: The Bear and the Maiden Fair, Tywin Lannister
There you have it – nothing to worry about! Drinking and lust ... no man can match me in these things! I am the God of tits and wine! (toasts himself) I shall build ... a shrine to myself, at the next brothel I visit! Game of Thrones s3e8: Second Sons, Tyrion to Tywin
God is real or He’s not. You only need eyes to see. ibid.
Take his home. Take his gold. Take his power. Game of Thrones s3e9: The Rains of Castamere, opening scene
I’m going to find my little brother and I’m going to bring him home. Game of Thrones s3e10: Mhysh, sister warrior
The dragons, Khaleesi, can never be tamed. Not even by their mother. Game of Thrones s4e1: Two Swords, sidekick to queen
Such a great sword should have a name. What shall I call her? Game of Thrones s4e2: The Lion and the Rose, Joffrey
There is only one hell, princess. The one we live in now. ibid. red-headed woman
Soldiers win wars. Soldiers on the ground. Game of Thrones s4e3: Breaker of Chains, Davos
I’ve been through two slave revolts, boy. They always end the same way: the Masters in power and the slaves dead. Game of Thrones s4e4: Oathkeeper, old slave
I will do what queens do: I will rule. Game of Thrones s4e5: First of His Name, Queen
Welcome to the Iron Bank. Please ... sit. What can we do for you, Lord Stannis? Game of Thrones s4e6: The Laws of God and Men, Tycho Nestoris
It’s fascinating what happens to bodies when they hit the rocks from such a height. The impact breaks them right apart. Like eggs dropped on the floor. Sometimes pieces remain intact. You’ll find the head sitting on its own. Every hair in place. Blue eyes staring at nothing. Game of Thrones s4e7: Mockingbird, Lysa Arryn
Piles and piles of them, years and years of them. How many countless living, crawling things smashed, dried out, and returned to the dirt? In my dreams, I found myself standing on a beach made of beetle husks stretching as far as the eye can see. I woke up, crying, weeping for their shattered little bodies. Games of Thrones s4e8: The Mountain and the Viper, Oberyn Martell
Thousands of books and no eyes to read them! Old age is a wonderful source of irony if nothing else. Game of Thrones s4e9: The Watchers on the Wall, blind bloke of King’s watch
Cersei Lannister: I don’t want to talk about Tywin Lannister. I don’t choose Tywin Lannister. I don’t love Tywin Lannister. I love my brother. I love my lover. [she kneels] People will whisper, they’ll make their jokes. Let them! They’re all so small, I can’t even see them. I only see what matters.
Jaime Lannister: Someone will walk in.
Cersei Lannister: I don’t care! Game of Thrones s4e10: The Children
You’re not terrifying; you’re boring. Game of Thrones s5e1: The Wars to Come, girl to witch
The future is shit, just like the past. ibid. dwarf
The freedom to make my own mistakes was all I ever wanted. ibid. captured leader
I wish you good fortune in the wars to come. ibid.
I swear by the old gods. And the new. Game of Thrones s5e2: The House of Black and White, Brienne
You were very sweet. Game of Thrones s5e3: High Sparrow, new queen to new king wedding morning
This power in you – you resist it and that’s a mistake. Game of Thrones s5e4: Sons of the Harpy, magic bird to Jon Snow
Do you have wine? I can’t sleep without wine. ibid. Tyrion
Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born. Game of Thrones s5e5: Kill the Boy, old geezer to John Snow
I am a person who drinks. People who drink need to keep drinking otherwise … ibid. Tyrion
Does she truly want to be no-one? Game of Thrones s5e6: Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken, bloke to bird
I dreamt that I was old. Game of Thrones s5e7: The Gift, old blind bloke’s last words
Belief is so often the death of reason. Game of Thrones s5e8: Hardhome