Maester Aemon Got Quotes

#1. He understood the way that you could sometimes fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world.

George R R Martin

#2. Nor was he Aemon Targaryen. Three times the old man had chosen, and three times he had chosen honor, but that was him. Even now, Jon could not decide whether the maester had stayed because he was weak and craven, or because he was strong and true.

George R R Martin

#3. And Jon had ordered benches and tables brought in. Men with comfortable seats were more inclined to listen, Maester Aemon had once told him; standing men were more inclined to shout.

George R R Martin

#4. They make things up." "They do," said Maester Aemon, "but even the most fanciful song may hold a kernel of truth. Find that truth

George R R Martin

#5. Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to say, and some bad men have been good kings.

George R R Martin

#6. Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.

George R R Martin

#7. When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder.

George R R Martin

#8. Aemon's blind white eyes came open. "Egg?" he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. "Egg, I dreamed that I was old.

George R R Martin

#9. A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)

George R R Martin