“I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I'm so tired of being strong. I want to be foolish and frightened for once. Just for a small while, that's all... a day... an hour.”
More from George R.R. Martin
“A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.”
“The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.”
“The things we love destroy us every time.”
“A man who hates music can't be trusted.”