#throne

Laughter is poison to fear. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

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

Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons. ↗

— Sarah J. Maas

#libraries #sarah-j-maas #throne-of-glass #idea

Nor had she missed when they zigzagged between levels, even though the building was a standard grid of hallways and stairwells. As if she'd lose her bearings that easily. She might have been insulted if he wasn't trying so hard. ↗

— Sarah J. Maas

#throne-of-glass #insult

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#fantasy-fiction #game-of-thrones #medieval #fantasy-fiction

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. ↗

— Petrarch

#born #fortune #honorable #merit #more

We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#a-song-of-ice-and-fire #arya #feast #funny #george-r-r-martin

She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#fathers-and-daughters #game-of-thrones #love

If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we are really deposing Christ from His throne in our own souls. ↗

— Roland Allen

#allow #christ #consideration #duty #gospel

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. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#game-of-thrones #philosophy #point-of-view #love

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#throne #world