Maester Aemon Quotes

#1. 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

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

George R R Martin

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

George R R Martin

#4. 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

#5. 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

#6. Karma can be a beautiful maiden or a bitch...

Lada Ray

#7. People don't write about kids; you have to give them a lot of freedom, and that causes anarchy and that causes farce.

Michael Ondaatje

#8. The symbol of the dragon should be always before them, that mankind seek to accomplish, not to think of sin and do penance!

Marion Zimmer Bradley

#9. I don't believe in coincidences."
"Neither do I. That's a coincidence, isn't it?

Jasper Fforde

#10. The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.

Billy Graham

#11. I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red.

Dolly Parton

#12. 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

#13. Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama.

Tennessee Williams

#14. Great effort, fear and suffering sweet all the worthless chaff out of us.

Wojciech Kurtyka

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

George R R Martin

#16. I was strongest when I laughed at my weakness.

Elmer Diktonius

#17. Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

Questlove

#18. 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

#19. If you don't fit into the system, the system makes life hell.

David Mitchell

#20. The art is in selecting what is worthwhile to take the trouble about ...

Berenice Abbott

#21. 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

#22. I asked Isabelle whether she was happy. "I never ask myself, so I suppose the answer is yes." At all events she likes the moment of waking up. That seems to me a pretty good definition of happiness! It is the same with me: every morning, when I open my eyes, I smile.

Simone De Beauvoir

#23. Try not to seek after the true
Only cease to cherish opinions. (172)

Edward Conze