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Some that I can think of at the top of my head:
"That's no law, just a sword. Happens I got one too." - Yoren

"No one wants you for their king. Sorry." Renly

Not sure how Daven L. phrased this one during the siege of Riverrun- "The Blackfish put a quarrel in Ryman's horse. He fell on his arse and I laughed so hard, I almost pissed myself."

"Do you even know what honour is?"

A horse

What about yours?

“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”

"Not today."

“Joffrey was your…”
“My king. Leave it at that.”

And who doesn't like the classic "Winter is coming."

I am the god of tits and wine!

Don't remember if it's in the books, too, but...
"Any man who must say 'I am the king' is no king."

Tyrion Lannister: "The Lord of Light wants his enemies burnt. The Drowned God wants his enemies drowned. Why are all the gods such vicious *****? Where is the god of tits and wine?"
Varys: "In the Summer Isles, they worship a fertility goddess with sixteen teats."
Tyrion Lannister: "We should sail there immediately."

It's not a line, but the motto of House Codd is "Though all men do despise us". I love it. Westeros version of Haters gon' hate.

"Hodor".

"I am a hack, and I got lucky once"-GRRM

 timetowaste85 wrote:
"I am a hack, and I got lucky once"-GRRM

Hodor singing the Hodor Song.

The whole Hodor chapter.

Such emotion and feeling expressed through the written word. Incredible writing.

Too bad the Hodor chapter ain't real

 thenoobbomb wrote:
O bad the Hodor chapter ain't real

It is real, it was just a preview of the final chapter of the whole series

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
O bad the Hodor chapter ain't real

It is real, it was just a preview of the final chapter of the whole series

Actually confirmed by GRRM to not be a joke?

Lots really

How Tyrion wants to die - Shagga: How would you like to die, Tyrion, son of Tywin?
Tyrion Lannister: In my own bed, at the age of 80, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my cock

Bron and Tyrion looking at the Eyrie

The Eyrie. They say it's impregnable.
Bronn: Give me ten good men and some climbing spikes. I'll impregnate the bitch

Daenerys Targaryen: [to her khalasar] I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, of the blood of Old Valyeria. I am the dragon's daughter, and I swear to you that those who would harm you will die screaming.
Mirri Maz Duur: You will not hear me screaming.
Daenerys Targaryen: I will. But it is not your screams I want. Only your life.

[Daenerys watches Drogo killing Viserys by pouring molten gold on his head. Daenerys does not shed a single tear for her brother]
Daenerys Targaryen: He was no dragon. Fire cannot kill a dragon.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
O bad the Hodor chapter ain't real

It is real, it was just a preview of the final chapter of the whole series

Actually confirmed by GRRM to not be a joke?

Like he'd do that

It's just gonna cut to black during the climactic scene then you turn the page and its Hodor explaining how it all went down.

Some guy - "You lived your life for the king, and now your going to die for some chickens?"

The Hound - "Someone is"

"Shagga is of the opinion that three axes are even better than two."

"There's no cure fer bein a Cun#!"

-Bronn


I am baffled at the idea of someone calling a writer of such complex storyline and exacting dialogue a "Hack". I guess the Haters meme is true.

I would say Martin is approaching hack status with his last couple books. But no way were the first 4 books and storyline written by a hack. It blows my mind as well haha.

You can pretty much put anything by Tyrion or Bronn into this post.

Varys summarises the entire saga in one line...

"Power lies where men believe it lies. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall."

 Ouze wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
"I am a hack, and I got lucky once"-GRRM

Nah, I've read the first book and a half, watched the first two seasons, been very unimpressed (although some of the actors do an amazing job: Jeoffry, Littlefinger, Ned, Dinklage), and caught up with a few things online: it's just one big snuff-script. All he's doing is being edgy to see how gruesome he can make the next death. Eventually, it just becomes pathetic. So...no, not hater gonna hate, it's just that I can recognize crappy "story telling".


I say he got lucky because for some reason, lots of people like it. Rowling got lucky too: she was lucky her friend pulled the story of Harry Potter out of the trash and told her to publish it. Lots of people get one lucky break that takes them further than expected. At least in her case, I can understand how lots of kids could love those books. GRRM stuff appeals to people who want to see others murdered in vicious ways, and not much else.*

*my sister, step sister, and one of my closest friends all love GoT. I don't get the fascination, and I've tried.

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 Ouze wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
"I am a hack, and I got lucky once"-GRRM

Nah, I've read the first book and a half, watched the first two seasons, been very unimpressed (although some of the actors do an amazing job: Jeoffry, Littlefinger, Ned, Dinklage), and caught up with a few things online: it's just one big snuff-script. All he's doing is being edgy to see how gruesome he can make the next death. Eventually, it just becomes pathetic. So...no, not hater gonna hate, it's just that I can recognize crappy "story telling".


I say he got lucky because for some reason, lots of people like it. Rowling got lucky too: she was lucky her friend pulled the story of Harry Potter out of the trash and told her to publish it. Lots of people get one lucky break that takes them further than expected. At least in her case, I can understand how lots of kids could love those books. GRRM stuff appeals to people who want to see others murdered in vicious ways, and not much else.*

*my sister, step sister, and one of my closest friends all love GoT. I don't get the fascination, and I've tried.

I believe one of the more attractive aspects of ASoIaF is that it breaks from the usual mold of "Everyone lives unless I'm feeling Artsy". Most books, you know that ultimately, few characters will die (barring an artsy, dark book). Those who die, tend to die in semi-predictable patterns- The Mentor, the Rival, the Black Guy, the Guy Who is More Likable than the Protagonist, etc. The protagonist never dies, unless there is some kind of Heroic Sacrifice going on. With Martin you know characters are actually at-risk. You don't find yourself thinking "Yeah, like you're actually going to do it". You find yourself thinking "Pleasedontdoitpleasedontdoitpleasedontofeth".

It's kinda refreshing.

Promise me Ned.

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 Ouze wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
"I am a hack, and I got lucky once"-GRRM

Nah, I've read the first book and a half, watched the first two seasons, been very unimpressed (although some of the actors do an amazing job: Jeoffry, Littlefinger, Ned, Dinklage), and caught up with a few things online: it's just one big snuff-script. All he's doing is being edgy to see how gruesome he can make the next death. Eventually, it just becomes pathetic. So...no, not hater gonna hate, it's just that I can recognize crappy "story telling".


I say he got lucky because for some reason, lots of people like it. Rowling got lucky too: she was lucky her friend pulled the story of Harry Potter out of the trash and told her to publish it. Lots of people get one lucky break that takes them further than expected. At least in her case, I can understand how lots of kids could love those books. GRRM stuff appeals to people who want to see others murdered in vicious ways, and not much else.*

*my sister, step sister, and one of my closest friends all love GoT. I don't get the fascination, and I've tried.

I believe one of the more attractive aspects of ASoIaF is that it breaks from the usual mold of "Everyone lives unless I'm feeling Artsy". Most books, you know that ultimately, few characters will die (barring an artsy, dark book). Those who die, tend to die in semi-predictable patterns- The Mentor, the Rival, the Black Guy, the Guy Who is More Likable than the Protagonist, etc. The protagonist never dies, unless there is some kind of Heroic Sacrifice going on. With Martin you know characters are actually at-risk. You don't find yourself thinking "Yeah, like you're actually going to do it". You find yourself thinking "Pleasedontdoitpleasedontdoitpleasedontofeth".

It's kinda refreshing.

I agree, although I 100% get where Timetowaste85 is coming from.

GRRM's writing does have a lot of unnecessary violence and all around lewdness which is really just there for shock value.

I like that he isn't afraid to kill your favorite characters in nasty ways and that there is some honesty that nobody here is truly a good person, its just slightly overcompensating.

There are some places where it would have been very interesting if he'd done something a little different(or at least they'd done it differently in the show)

Like when Tywin says "Any king who must say 'I am the King' is no king at all" to Jeoffrey it would have been far more interesting if, instead of backing down, he'd have clapped Tywin in irons. And maybe done the same to his mother if he'd come to the realization that she was controlling him as well.

A classic case of someone creating a monster who then turns on them. Tywin just sees Jeoffrey as a puppet for the Lannisters to control Westros with till he dies and his, hopefully, more sensible son ascends to the Throne. But then Jeoffrey kills that plan by breaking free of that control, and falling under the control of his wife.

Dunno if it was in the book but I loved this little exchange between the hound and Arya Stark

"Of course you named your sword"
"Lots of people named their swords."
"Lots of c**ts."

I used to not like GoT, used to think it wasted characters for shock value and tried to force it's own warped morals on me. However I'm slowly growing to like it.

It still wastes perfectly good characters though.

Writes a fairly realistic series of novels.
Gets accused of writing in gruesome scenes for the sake of shock value.

Okay then, that's enough internet for today. Personally, I'm a bit invested in several of the characters and of course I want to see what happens when Winter actually arrives. Of course, that's a lie, I'm just reading the books to fap to the smorgasbord of death scenes.

 EmilCrane wrote:
Dunno if it was in the book but I loved this little exchange between the hound and Arya Stark

"Of course you named your sword"
"Lots of people named their swords."
"Lots of c**ts."

I used to not like GoT, used to think it wasted characters for shock value and tried to force it's own warped morals on me. However I'm slowly growing to like it.

It still wastes perfectly good characters though.

Yeah. Just like real life. Weird huh? Its almost as if the author is deliberately trying to avoid the traditional cliched fantasy story where the good guys always win or die heroic meaningful deaths...