“Let them see that their words can cut you, and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.”
— George R. R. Martin
“The man who fears losing has already lost.”
— George R. R. Martin
“There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.”
— George R. R. Martin
“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”
— George R. R. Martin
“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”
— George R. R. Martin
“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.”
— George R. R. Martin
“Laughter is poison to fear.”
— George R. R. Martin
“Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better.”
— George R. R. Martin
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
— George R. R. Martin