George R. R. Martin Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

  George R. R. Martin

  War, Men, Battle

  George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.260, Bantam

• There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

  George R. R. Martin

  War, Men, Hands

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three”, p.343, Bantam

• Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question: What was Aragorn’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles?

  George R. R. Martin

  Wise, Baby, Kings

  Interview with Mikal Gilmore, www.rollingstone.com. April 23, 2014.

• I've lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother. And yet they keep telling me House Lannister won this war.

  George R. R. Martin

  Brother, Father, War

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.2486, Bantam

• We were king’s men, knights, and heroes . . . but some knights are dark and full of terror, my lady. War makes monsters of us all.” “Are you saying you are monsters?” “I am saying we are human. You are not the only one with wounds, Lady Brienne

  George R. R. Martin

  Kings, War, Hero

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.3314, Bantam

• Was there ever a war where only one side bled?

  George R. R. Martin

  War, Sides

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.800, Bantam

• If I wanted to honor you, I´d let you retire. I am planing to make you run the kingdom and fight the wars while I eat and drink

  George R. R. Martin

  Running, War, Fighting

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.52, Bantam

• A great many of the epic fantasies, from The Lord of the Rings onward, are about war, but to my mind, a lot of it doesn't really deal honestly with the consequences of war, what war does to us, as a society, what war does to us, as individuals, and the struggle for power, in the same way, and what we're fighting for.

  George R. R. Martin

  War, Struggle, Fighting

  Source: collider.com

• I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to make my readers think and debate and argue with each other and look at some aspect of the world or some act of governance or war or power and have an angle they haven't considered before, and that's something I strive for and hopefully have accomplished.

  George R. R. Martin

  Philosophy, War, Thinking

  "EIBF 2014: George R.R. Martin on Game Of Thrones, writing". www.denofgeek.com. August 15, 2014.

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