A Clash of Kings

"The true measure of a person is how they treat those weaker than themselves"

"The past shapes us, but it need not define us"

"A man must know when to stand and when to kneel"

"Patience is the virtue of those who understand the true cost of haste"

"A mother's love is fiercer than any battle"

"Some lessons can only be learned through hardship"

"A daughter's duty is not always to obey"

"In the end, we are all responsible for the choices we make"

"Justice without mercy is tyranny"

"A name means nothing if it is not earned"

"The path of honor is often the loneliest path"

"Love and duty are not always friends"

"The greatest victories are sometimes won without drawing steel"

"What we do defines us more than who we are born to be"

"The truth has a way of emerging, no matter how deeply it is buried"

"A sword without honor is just a tool for butchery"

"We are all slaves to something—duty, love, or fear"

"The price of betrayal is always higher than the price of honesty"

"A true leader places the needs of his people before his own desires"

"The gods judge us by our actions, not our intentions"

"Peace is often harder to achieve than war"

"What is broken can be mended, but not always made whole"

"A woman's place is wherever she chooses to be"

"The dead do not care who rules the living"

"A king must know how to listen, or he will hear nothing but his own voice"

"Words are wind, but steel is real"

"A man without lands is a man without purpose"

"The truth is a bitter thing."

"We are the fire that burns against the cold."

"Winter kills you without mercy."