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“The Iron Throne will go to the man who has the strength to seize it.”
“Let no man think that the fire of the Targaryens did not burn in his veins.”
“Will you not weep?” “I do not have the time for tears.”
“Old men bade farewell to their children and went into the snow to die so their kin might live.”
“When the gods are silent, lords and kings will make themselves heard.”
“Only the gods truly know the hearts of men, and women are full as strange.”
“Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced.”
“Surely the Mother Above loved my children more. She took so many of them away from me.”
“My uncle Maegor was cruel,” Alysanne was heard to say, “but age is crueler.”
“Paying good coin to bad men.”
“We came here to be free of Old Valyria, and your Targaryens are Valyrian to the bone.”
“Alysanne would like that," the king said. "She enjoys the company of clever women.”
“Paying coin to the usurper is proof of naught but treason.”
“He is not in my bed, you may be sure. Feel free to search beneath the blankets.”
“A ruler needs a good head and a true heart,” she famously told the king. “A cock is not essential.”
“Brother, you need never kneel to me again. We shall rule this realm together, you and I.”
“Aegon had made the seven kingdoms one with fire and blood.”
“He bound the land together, and made of seven kingdoms, one.”