Quote

I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off.

George R. R. Martin

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
Blogger
Contributing Editor
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Bayonne
New Jersey
George Raymond Richard Martin
GRRM
George R.R. Martin
George Raymond Martin
Seems
Useful
Never
Cutting
Men
Told
Bits
Quite
Sure
Point
Eunuch
Truth
Eunuchs

More quotes by George R. R. Martin

Image
A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword
George R. R. Martin
Image
Wisdom oft comes from the mouth of babes.
George R. R. Martin
Image
We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang.
George R. R. Martin
Image
He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.
George R. R. Martin
Image
We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.
George R. R. Martin
Image
Names are hard. I have a library of What to Name Your Baby books, and I’m always picking up new books, and books of baby names from other countries. I like cool-sounding names.
George R. R. Martin
Image
Gods and wonders always appear, to attend the birth of kings.
George R. R. Martin
Image
The women are the strong ones, truly.
George R. R. Martin
Image
When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince.
George R. R. Martin
Image
If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation.
George R. R. Martin
Image
What would a Frey know of honor? - Sir Davos Seaworth
George R. R. Martin
Image
Don’t call me Lord Snow.” The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. “Would you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.
George R. R. Martin
Image
When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.
George R. R. Martin
Image
If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)
George R. R. Martin
Image
There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies.
George R. R. Martin
Image
She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.
George R. R. Martin
Image
Mothers. The man made a word sound like a curse. I think birthing does something to your minds. You are all mad.
George R. R. Martin
Image
Tell Robb that I'm going to command the Night's Watch and keep him safe, so he might as well take up needlework with the girls and have Mikken melt down his sword for horseshoes. - Jon Snow
George R. R. Martin
Image
I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out?
George R. R. Martin
Image
The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)
George R. R. Martin