“Let them mock, Bran thought. No one mocked him in his bedchamber, but he would not live his life in bed.”

“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”

“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”

“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”

“Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?”

“A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinion of sheep.”