George R. R. Martin Fear Quotations

If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scary thing. And I want my readers to feel that fear as they turn the page.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

Laughter is poison to fear.

There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.

The man who fears losing has already lost.

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

I must show no fear, no weakness, no doubt.

His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin.