40 phrases from “Game of Thrones” that left eternal lessons

One of the most cult and best produced series of all time is about to come to an end. There goes eight years of unpredictable betrayals, deaths of characters dear to viewers and many surprises. And so far we don’t know who will take the Iron Throne.

For these and others, the awesome.club prepared a list of phrases uttered in Game of Thrones and which have already gone down for posterity. Check out!

“Never fear the dark, Bran. The strongest trees grow in the darkest places. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your breast milk. Darkness will make you strong.” —Brynden “It’s tempting to see your enemies as evil, but there’s good and evil on both sides of every war that’s ever been.” —Jorah Mormont “My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind… and a mind needs books, as a sword needs a stone to sharpen it and maintain its edge. That’s why I read a lot.” — Tyrion Lannister “There is no creature on Earth more terrifying than a truly righteous man.” —Varys “When the snow falls and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.” — Sansa Stark

“It’s a big, beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same place where we were born, and we never get to see any of it. I don’t want to be like most of us.” — Oberyn Martell “I believe that mothers and fathers invented the gods because they wanted their children to sleep through the night.” —Davos Seaworth “All my life, men like you have made fun of me. And all my life I’ve been knocking men like you into the dust.” —Brienne of Tarth “The world is full of horrible things, but they are all like pie trays beside death.” —Olenna Tyrell “There is a beast in every man, and it awakens when you put a sword in your hand.” — Jorah Mormont

“I was nothing. And when you are nothing, you have no reason to fear.” —Samwell Tarly “The strongest trees grow in the darkest places.” —Brynden Tully “We don’t choose who we love.” —Jaime Lannister “Whoever asks a question must be able to bear the answer.” —Yoren “Children are another kind of battle, without banners or horns of war, but no less violent.” —Catelyn Stark

“It’s the last name that lives. It is all that lives”. — Tywin Lannister “Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.” —Ned Stark “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who does not read lives only one.” — Jojen Reed “Chaos is not an abyss. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given the chance to rise, they cling to the realm or the gods or love. Only the ladder is real. Climbing is all there is.” —Petyr Baelish “Why, when one man builds a wall, does the next man immediately need to know what’s on the other side?” — Tyrion Lannister

“Death comes for everyone and for everyone. A darkness that will swallow the dawn. And we can stop it, you and I.” —Melisandre “There is only one God and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: not today!” —Syrio Forel “Slaves don’t interest me. A man cannot make love to property.” —Daario Naharis “Nothing is better or worse than anything else. Nothing is just nothing”. —Arya Stark “Someone once said that nothing that is said before the word ‘but’ really counts.” — Jon Snow

“A queen who trusts no one is as stupid as one who trusts everyone.” -Daenerys Targaryen “Violence is a disease and you don’t cure it by infecting other people.” —Brother Ray “Ordinary people, when they pray, ask for rain, healthy children, and a summer that will never end. They don’t mind the great lords playing their games of thrones as long as they leave them alone. But they are never left alone.” — Jorah Mormont “Some doors close forever and others open in the least expected places.” —Varys “No matter what we want, once we’ve conquered it, we soon want something more.” — Petyr Baelish

“We look at the same stars and see different things.” —Jon Snow “Smart comments won’t make a difference. That’s why we’re here. We can not do anything. It is the truth. It is the most heroic thing we can do now: face the truth head on.” —Sansa Stark “Everything you’ve done has brought you to where you are now…home.” —Bran Stark “Leave a wolf alive and the sheep will never be safe.” —Arya Stark “If you think this is going to have a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.” — Ramsay Bolton

“You are mine. My how I am yours. And if we die, we will die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, let’s live.” —Ygritte “A lord must learn that sometimes words can do what swords can’t.” — Tyrion Lannister “Lions don’t care what the sheep think.” —Tywin Lannister “You don’t need powders or potions, my queen. No need for lies. You are strong enough to look into the light of our lord… and see the truth with your eyes.” — Melisandre “The past is already written. The ink is already dry.” — Three-Eyed Raven

“Death is terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.” -Tyrion Lannister “A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.” —Bran Stark “Love is sweet, dear Ned, but it cannot change a man’s nature.” —Lyanna Stark “If I look back, I’m lost.” —Daenerys Targaryen “What is honor compared to a woman’s love? What’s duty versus the feeling of a newborn child in your arms? Or a brother’s smile? Wind and words. The Gods have given us the ability to love. That is our greatest glory, and our greatest tragedy.” — Aemon Targaryen

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