"In a swordfight, a man's surest defense is the swift stroke that slays his foe, not cringing behind a shield," Chapter 1: Prologue, p. 4.

"Swear that you will never again take up sword against Stark nor Tully. Swear that you will compel your brother to honor his pledge to return my daughters safe and unharmed. Swear on your honor as a knight, on your honor as a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard. Swear it by your sister's life, and your father's, and your son's, by the old gods and the new, and I'll send you back to your sister. Refuse, and I will have your blood," Chapter 2: Jaime, p. 20.

"The best we can hope for is to die with swords in our hands," Chapter 2: Jaime, p. 28.

"'Blood,' she thought. 'Must it all come back to blood?'" Chapter 3: Catelyn, p. 38.

"The dwarf has risen from the dead, Tyrion...