The enemy of my enemy is my friend, men said, but the enemy of my friend is my enemy.

Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.

The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome.

Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in King's Landing and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy."

"How odd. I think quite the same of you.

I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?

Is there any pleasure on earth as great as the circle of Christian friends by a good fire?