Grimdark Quotes

#1. Not everyone who spoke to you friendly was really your friend.

George R R Martin

#2. Laughter is poison to fear. (Catelyn Stark)

George R R Martin

#3. Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.

Mary Schmich

#4. The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

Saint John Chrysostom

#5. I can't imagine my life without my kids. Raising them has been the greatest joy in my life.

Josie Bissett

#6. ...seeing everything, yet a part of nothing.

George R R Martin

#7. Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time.

Marisha Pessl

#8. Renounce to the desire of possessing worldly things: this is the first step in the path of perfection; by mean of this absolute untie is how the passions can be fought.

Eliphas Levi

#9. It was one thing to go into battle with friends, and another to perish alone and despised.

George R R Martin

#10. You can't work me, Liv. I know you're a bitch, I know you're cranky, I know you're loving, I know you're smart and funny, I know you're giving and generous. I'm not walking off because you're not flawless. I don't want a diamond, I want a wife.
- Marc to Olivia

Lauren Dane

#11. None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. But the American people are a very forgiving people.

Michael Huffington

#12. The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear

George R R Martin

#13. The day will come when you need them to respect you, even fear you a little. Laughter is poison to fear.

George R R Martin

#14. Man is born to die. His works are short-lived. Buildings crumble, monuments decay, and wealth vanishes, but Katahdin in all it's glory forever shall remain the mountain of the people of Maine.

Percival Proctor Baxter

#15. Every great leader is clearly teaching and every great teacher is leading

Robert J. Marzano

#16. If you have never felt or known the sheer power and strength of God's love, take another look at Jesus dying on the cross.

N. T. Wright

#17. He who cannot howl will not find his pack.

Charles Simic

#18. Just walking in the kitchen (and we have three kitchens at Le Bernardin), I exercise quite a lot. I also walk in Central Park for 50 minutes from my house to Le Bernardin every day, rain, shine, snow.

Eric Ripert

#19. Life is the pursuit of eternally broadening context.

Scott Woods

#20. I have always loved really dense, complicated stories with lots of layers, tons of obscure literary references, and a plethora of inside jokes.

Alethea Kontis