In 2011, Game of Thrones, an adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, debuted on television. In all its eight seasons, the TV series attracted a substantial fan base from viewers all over the globe.
Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones tackles power, corruption, morality, faith, family, honor, and legacy. It also reels audiences in its fascinating realms of exiled queens, warlords, gods, monsters, and dragons.
Throughout its run, Game of Thrones won 59 Primetime Emmy Awards, which is the most number of wins for a drama series. Cited as one of the best TV shows of all time, it continues to be a top favorite up to this day, despite the backlash of the 2019 finale.
Watching Game of Thrones not only gives you a riveting story, commendable acting, complex characters, and impressive visuals, it also showcases strong, unforgettable dialogues delivered by its talented cast.
Let’s revisit the show’s profundity with these memorable Game of Thrones quotes.
People work together when it suits them. They’re loyal when it suits them. They love each other when it suits them, and they kill each other when it suits them. – Orell
Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you. – Tyrion Lannister
If you ever call me sister again, I’ll have you strangled in your sleep. – Cersei Lannister
When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. – Cersei Lannister
Nothing isn’t better or worse than anything. Nothing is just nothing. – Arya Stark
A dragon is not a slave. – Daenerys Targaryen
It’s not easy being drunk all the time. If it were easy, everyone would do it. – Tyrion Lannister
I will hurt you for this. A day will come when you think you are safe and happy, and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth. And you will know the debt is paid. – Tyrion Lannister
You’re no son of mine. – Tywin Lannister
I will do what queens do, I will rule. – Daenerys Targaryen
Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. – Jon Snow
House Mormont remembers. The North remembers. We know no king but the King in the North whose name is Stark. I don’t care if he’s a bastard. Ned Stark’s blood runs through his veins. He’s my king from this day until his last day. – Lyanna Mormont
The White Walkers don’t care if a man’s free folk or crow. We’re all the same to them, meat for their army. But together we can beat them. – Jon Snow
When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives. – Sansa Stark
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come. ―The Night’s Watch Oath
Winter is coming.- Ned Stark
Hate’s as good a thing as any to keep a person going. Better than most. – Sandor ‘The Hound’ Clegane
Bastards are born of passion, aren’t they? We don’t despise them in Dorne. – Oberyn Martell
The gods have no mercy, that’s why they’re gods. – Cersei Lannister
When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not providing him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say. – Tyrion Lannister
You’re mine. Mine, as I’m yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first we’ll live. – Ygritte
I will take what is mine, with fire and blood! – Daenerys Targaryen
The thing we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that. – Jeor Mormont
A lion doesn’t concern itself with the opinion of sheep. – Tywin Lannister
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. – Ned Stark
All halls lead somewhere. Where there is a way in, there is a way out. Fear cuts deeper than swords. – Arya Stark
All my life men like you have sneered at me. And all my life I’ve been knocking men like you into the dust. – Lady Brienne of Tarth
In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man. Between them stands a common sellsword. Each great man bids the sellsword slay the other two. Who lives, who dies? Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall, and a very small man can cast a very large shadow. – Lord Varys
A very small man can cast a very large shadow. – Lord Varys
Chaos isn’t a pit, chaos is a ladder. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is. – Petyr Baelish
A girl gives a man his own name? – Jaqen H’ghar
There is a beast in every man and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand. – Ser Jorah Mormont
I am a Khaleesi of the Dothraki. I am the wife of the great Khal and I carry his son inside me. The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands. – Daenerys Targaryen
For the watch. – Alliser Thorne
Turn us away, and we will burn you first. – Daenerys Targaryen
Money buys a man’s silence for a time. A bolt in the heart buys it forever. – Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish
It is rare to meet a Lannister who shares my enthusiasm for dead Lannisters. – Oberyn Martell
My sweet, silly wife. I have only loved one woman, only one, in my entire life. Your sister. – Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish
The more people you love, the weaker you are. – Cersei Lannister
The world is overflowing with horrible things, but they’re all tray of cakes next to death. – Olenna Tyrell
There is only one God and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today”. – Syrio Forel
Tears aren’t a woman’s weapon. The best one is between your legs. – Cersei Lannister
All men must die, but we are not men. – Daenerys Targaryen
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 whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That’s why I read so much. – Tyrion Lannister
You know nothing, Jon Snow. – Ygritte
Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word. – Ned Stark
The things I do for love. – Jaime Lannister
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. – Tyrion Lannister
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who doesn’t read lives only one. – Jojen Reed
I’m a monster, as well as a dwarf. You should charge me double. – Tyrion Lannister
It is a big and beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don’t want to be most of us. – Oberyn Martell
My mother taught me not to throw stones at cripples… but father taught me: aim for their head! – Ramsay Bolton
We don’t get to choose whom we love. – Jaime Lannister
I think mothers and father made up the gods because they wanted their children to sleep through the night. – Davos Seaworth
When dead men and worse come hunting… You think it matters who sits on the iron throne? – Jeor Mormont
I learned how to die a long time ago. – Ned Stark
This is not the day I die. – Oberyn Martell
If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention. – Ramsay Bolton
The mad king did as he liked. Has your Uncle Jaime ever told you what happened to him? – Tyrion Lannister
Stick ’em with the pointy end. – Arya Stark
I’m Sansa Stark of Winterfell. This is my home. And you can’t frighten me. – Sansa Stark
A man with no motive is a man no one suspects. Always keep your foes confused. – Littlefinger
It’s the family name that lives on. It’s all that lives on. – Tywin Lannister
What we don’t know is what usually gets us killed. – Petyr Baelish
The powerful have always preyed on the powerless, that’s how they became powerful in the first place. – Tyrion Lannister
The Lannisters send their regards. – Roose Bolton
Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow. – Lord Varys
Please don’t eat the help! – Tyrion Lannister
If they’re half as ferocious as their lady, the Boltons are doomed. – Davos Seaworth
So I prayed to the gods “Take him away, make him die”. – Catelyn Stark
SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! – Septa Unella
I’ve been worrying about Jon for years, he always comes back.” – Samwell Tarly
Drinking and lust, no man can match me in these things. I am the god of tits and wine. – Tyrion Lannister
You’re going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. Sleep well. – Sansa Stark
Are you afraid? Good. You’re in the great game now. And the great game’s terrifying. The only people who aren’t afraid of failure are madmen like your father. – Tyrion Lannister
The good lords are dead, and the rest are monsters. – Brienne of Tarth
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