"Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some, are given a chance to climb. They refuse, they cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is."

Sansa Stark: "That's a wonderful pin."
Loras Tyrell: "It's more of a brooch really... Well, I suppose a brooch is a sort of pin, so..."

"This isn't happening to you for a reason. Well, one reason: I enjoy it."

"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."

"You are more then they could ever be. They are just foot soldiers in the great war. You will make kings rise and fall."
[to Gendry]

Sansa Stark: "Will they let me invite my family?"
Shae: "They didn't ask my opinion."
Sansa Stark: "But do you think they will?"
Shae: "No."