Quotes

Fighting of a battle without belief is, I think, the sorriest task which ever falls to the lot of any man. ~ Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance; a feeling of having been injured, on which his mind can brood from hour to hour, allowing him to plead his own cause in his own court, within his own heart,—and always to plead it successfully. ~ Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope War makes monsters of us all. ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin You'll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men. ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin Only the sound of the waves pounding remained, a roar no man could still. ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old. ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin Men of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves. ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin On the morning after the battle, the crows had feasted on victors and vanquished alike, as once they had feasted on Rhaegar Targaryen after the Trident. How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king? ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again. ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood. ~ A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin