58 Of The Most Memorable Game Of Thrones Quotes For Everyone Impatiently Awaiting The 7th Season

“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Cersei Lannister, Lena Headey, imdb.com

“I do things because they feel good. I drink because it feels good. I killed my husband because it felt good to be rid of him. I fuck my brother because it feels good to feel him inside me. I lie about fucking my brother because it feels good to keep our son safe from hateful hypocrites. I killed you…”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Cersei Lannister, Lena Headey, imdb.com

“Fuck prophecy. Fuck fate. Fuck everyone who isn’t us. We’re the only ones who matter, the only ones in this world. And everything they’ve taken from us, we’re going to take back and more. We’re going to take everything there is.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Jaime Lannister, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, imdb.com

“Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage, imdb.com

“The gods have no mercy. That’s why they’re gods.”

— George R. R. Martin, Cersei Lannister, Lena Headey, imdb.com

“Women in our position must make the best of our circumstances.”

— George R. R. Martin, Margaery Tyrell, Natalie Dormer, imdb.com

“You’re a hateful woman. Why have the gods made me love a hateful woman?”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Jaime Lannister, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, imdb.com

“The war is not over. And I promise you, friend, the true enemy won’t wait out the storm. He brings the storm.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Jon Snow, Kit Harington, imdb.com

“They can live in my new world or they can die in their old one.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Daenerys Targaryen, Emilia Clarke, imdb.com

“We all must choose, man or woman, young or old, lord or peasant, our choices are the same. We choose light or we choose darkness. We choose good or we choose evil. We choose the true god or the false.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Melisandre of Asshai, Carice van Houten, imdb.com

“What is honor compared to a woman’s love? And what is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms? Or a brother’s smile?”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Maester Luwin, Donald Sumpter, imdb.com

“The more people you love, the weaker you are. You’ll do things for them that you know you shouldn’t do. You’ll act the fool to make them happy, to keep them safe. Love no one but your children. On that front, a other has no choice.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Cersei Lannister, Lena Headey, imdb.com

“Show too much kindness, people won’t fear you. If they don’t fear you, they don’t follow you.”

— Vanessa Taylor, Stannis Baratheon, Stephen Dillane, imdb.com

“Some people are fortunate enough to be born into the right family. Others have to find their own way.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Petyr Baelish, Aidan Gillen, imdb.com

“No matter who you are, no matter how strong you are, sooner or later, you’ll face circumstances beyond your control.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Cersei Lannister, Lena Headey, imdb.com

“No one can protect me. No one can protect anyone.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Sansa Stark, Sophie Turner, imdb.com

“It’s always changing, who we’re supposed to love and who we’re not. The only thing that stays the same is that we want who we want.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Ellaria Sand, Indira Varma, imdb.com

“It’s not easy being drunk all the time. Everyone would do it, if it were easy.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage, imdb.com

“l will hurt you for this. A day will come when you think you’re safe and happy, and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth. And you will know the debt is paid.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage, imdb.com

“First lesson – stick them with the pointy end.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Jon Snow, Kit Harington, imdb.com

“For the night is dark and full of terrors.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Melisandre of Asshai, Carice van Houten, imdb.com

“Given the opportunity, what do we do to those who’ve hurt the ones we love?”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Petyr Baelish, Aidan Gillen, imdb.com

“Hunger turns men into beasts.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Margaery Tyrell, Natalie Dormer, imdb.com

“Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Petyr Baelish, Aidan Gillen, imdb.com

“All dwarfs are bastards in their father’s eyes.”

— David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage, imdb.com

“A raven came from the Citadel. A white raven. Winter is here.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Sansa Stark, Sophie Turner, imdb.com

“A man without friends is a man without power.”

— Vanessa Taylor, Renly Baratheon, Gethin Anthony, imdb.com

“You’re mine as I’m yours. And if we die, we die. But first we’ll live.”

— George R. R. Martin, Ygritte, Rose Leslie, imdb.com

“We do not kneel.”

— D. B. Weiss, David Benioff, Mance Rayder, Ciarán Hinds, imdb.com

“What is dead may never die.”

— Bryan Cogman, Theon Greyjoy, Alfie Allen, imdb.com