The Hound

"I've seen enough to know that hope is a dangerous thing."

"A man's greatest strength is knowing his weakness."

"Peace is just the space between one war and the next."

"The only truth that matters is the one you can defend with steel."

"Freedom is paid for in blood and pain."

"The only thing worth fighting for is survival, and I'm damn good at it."

"I don't believe in the gods, but I believe in myself."

"A man's worth is measured by what he does, not what he says."

"Fire consumes everything - the good and the bad alike."

"I've seen things that would break most men, and I'm still standing."

"There's no honor in running, only in fighting."

"The world doesn't care about your dreams - it only cares about your strength."

"I don't trust knights or their codes. I trust steel."

"Loyalty means nothing if you're dead."

"Pain makes you real. Comfort makes you weak."

"I've never sought forgiveness for what I've done."

"A good death is better than a coward's life."

"Money buys you many things, but it won't buy you honor."

"The North remembers, and so do I."

"I protect what I choose to protect - the rest can burn."

"Songs and stories are lies men tell themselves to feel better."

"A man who drinks away his sorrows is still a man with sorrows."

"I'm not a good man, but I'm not the worst either."

"Kings and lords think they rule the world, but they're all servants of death."

"Fighting is all I know - it's all I've ever been good at."

"Beauty fades, but scars last forever."

"I don't need friends to survive, but it helps not to die alone."

"The fires of hell are nothing compared to what men do to each other."

"I've learned that mercy is a luxury only the strong can afford."

"There's no shame in wanting to live another day."