#stark

Did you teach him wisdom as well as valor, Ned! She wondered. Did you teach him how to Kneel! The grave yards of the Seven Kinfdoms are full of brave men who had never learned that lesson. Cat. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#catelyn-stark #george-r-r-martin #robb-stark #winter-is-coming #winterfell

She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#lyanna-stark #nature #love

Tyrion felt the heat rise in him. “It was not my dagger,” he insisted. “How many times must I swear to that? Lady Stark, whatever you may believe of me, I am not a stupid man. Only a fool would arm a common footpad with his own blade.” Just for a moment, he thought he saw a flicker of doubt in her eyes, but what she said was, “Why would Petyr lie to me?” “Why does a bear shit in the woods?” he demanded. “Because it is his nature. Lying comes as easily as breathing to a man like Littlefinger. You ought to know that, you of all people. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#tyrion-lannister #nature

My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#song

Laughter is poison to fear. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#catelyn-stark #fear #george-r-r-martin #happiness #laughter

I can be humbler than anyone. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#humility #humor #irony #humor

For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning. ↗

— John Thorn

#april #baseball #because #contrast #dared

I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me. ↗

— Jackie DeShannon

#big #follow #go #how #i

My style hero was' Batman.' Now it's Tony Stark. ↗

— Pharrell Williams

#hero #now #stark #style #tony

When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#between #calls #doing #drifts #guy