- Tyrion Lannister: [to Cersei] 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.
- Theon Greyjoy: You should be proud in your brother's achievements. I took the great castle of Winterfell with twenty men.
- Yara Greyjoy: [scornfully] You're a great warrior. I saw the bodies above your gates. Which one gave you the tougher fight, the cripple or the six year old?
- [the rest of the Ironmen snicker mockingly. Theon is enraged]
- Joffrey Baratheon: You're the master of whisperers, you're supposed to know everything!
- Lord Varys: No man can be in all rooms at all times. I have many little birds in the North, my lord, but I haven't heard their songs since Theon Greyjoy captured Winterfell.
- Joffrey Baratheon: The Stark forces are distracted. Now is the time to strike.
- Tyrion Lannister: To strike? My dear nephew, you do see these men preparing the walls for siege? You do understand Stannis Baratheon sails this way?
- Joffrey Baratheon: If my uncle Stannis lands on the shores of King's Landing, I'll ride out to greet him.
- Tyrion Lannister: A brave choice, Your Grace. I'm sure your men will line up behind you.
- Joffrey Baratheon: They say Stannis never smiles.
- [Joffrey briefly unsheathes his dagger]
- Joffrey Baratheon: I'll give him a red smile. From ear to ear.
- [Joffrey walks away]
- Tyrion Lannister: Imagine Stannis' terror.
- Lord Varys: I am trying.
- Tyrion Lannister: You're an intelligent man. I like to think I'm an intelligent man.
- Lord Varys: Oh, no one disputes that, my lord, not even the multitudes who despise you.
- Tyrion Lannister: I wish we could converse as two honest, intelligent men.
- Lord Varys: I wish we could, too.
- [a brief pause]
- Tyrion Lannister: What do you want? Tell me.
- Lord Varys: If we're going to play, you'll have to start.
- Tyrion Lannister: My brother was the youngest Kingsguard in history. My sister became queen at the age of nineteen. When I reached manhood, my father put me in charge of all the drains and cisterns in Casterly Rock.
- Lord Varys: A most highborn plumber.
- Tyrion Lannister: The water never flowed better. And all the shit found its way to the sea. Never expected to have any real power. So when my father named me acting Hand...
- Lord Varys: You're quite good at being Hand, you know. Jon Arryn and Ned Stark were good men. Honorable men. But they disdained the game and those who played. You enjoy the game.
- Tyrion Lannister: I do. Last thing I expected.
- Lord Varys: And you play it well.
- Tyrion Lannister: I'd like to keep playing it. If Stannis breaches the gates, the game is over.
- Lord Varys: They say he burns his enemies alive to honor the Lord of Light.
- Tyrion Lannister: The Lord of Light wants his enemies burned. The Drowned God wants them drowned. Why are all the gods such vicious cunts? Where is the god of tits and wine?
- Lord Varys: In the Summer Isles, they worship a fertility goddess with sixteen teats.
- Tyrion Lannister: We should sail there immediately.
- [a brief pause]
- Lord Varys: This morning I heard a song. All the way from Qarth, beyond the Red Waste. Danaerys Targaryen lives.
- Tyrion Lannister: A girl at the edge of the world is the least of our problems.
- Lord Varys: She has three dragons. But even if what they say is true, it will be years before they are fully grown. And then there'll be nowhere to hide.
- Tyrion Lannister: One game at a time, my friend.
- Lord Varys: My Lord Hand, Commander. I must compliment on the Gold Cloaks' performance these last few weeks.
- Lord Varys: [to Tyrion] Did you know there has been a marked drop in thievery?
- Tyrion Lannister: I did not know.
- Tyrion Lannister: [to Bronn] And how did you accomplish this marked drop in thievery?
- Bronn: Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves.
- Tyrion Lannister: For questioning?
- Bronn: Uh, no.
- [Tyrion looks annoyed]
- Bronn: It's just the unknown thieves we've got to worry about now.
- Tyrion Lannister: We talked about this.
- Bronn: Aye, we talked about it. Have you ever been in a city under siege? Maybe this part's not in your books. See, it's not the fighting that kills most people; it's the starving. Food's worth more than gold. Noble ladies sell their diamonds for a sack of potatoes. Things get bad enough, the poor start eating each other. The thieves, they love a siege. Soon as the gates are sealed, they steal all the food. By the time it's all over, they're the richest men in town.
- Lord Varys: Given the circumstances, my lord, I believe extreme measures are warranted.
- [after learning that Catelyn has freed Jaime Lannister, Robb and Rickard Karstark confront her in the tent where she is kept prisoner]
- Robb Stark: Tell me this isn't true.
- [Catelyn looks at Robb, but says nothing]
- Robb Stark: Why?
- Catelyn Stark: [quietly] For the girls.
- Robb Stark: You betrayed me.
- Catelyn Stark: Robb...
- Robb Stark: No! You knew I would not allow it, and you did it anyway.
- Catelyn Stark: Bran and Rickon are captives in Winterfell. Sansa and Arya are captives in King's Landing. I have five children, and only one of them is free.
- Rickard Karstark: [disdainfully] I lost one son fighting by you son's side. I lost another to the Kingslayer, strangled with a chain. You committed a treason, because your children are prisoners? I would carve out my heart and offer it to the Father, if he would let my sons wake from their graves and step into a prison cell!
- Catelyn Stark: I grieve for your sons, My Lord...
- Rickard Karstark: [furiously] I don't want your grief. I want my vengeance. And you stole it from me!
- Catelyn Stark: Killing Jaime Lannister would not buy life to your children. But returning him to King's Landing may buy life for mine.
- Robb Stark: Jaime Lannister has played you for a fool. You have weakened our position; you brought discord into our camp; and you did all behind my back.
- Robb Stark: [to the guards] Make sure she's guarded day and night!
- Catelyn Stark: [stands] Robb...
- [ignoring his mother, Robb turns to the guard]
- Stark Guard: How many men did we send on pursuit of the Kingslayer?
- Stark Guard: Forty, Your Grace.
- Robb Stark: Send another forty, with our fastest horses.
- [Robb and Rickard Karstark leave the tent]
- Catelyn Stark: Robb...
- [Robb continues walking away, ignoring his mother. She lowers her head in despair]
- Jorah Mormont: Careful, Khaleesi. Xaro owns this city and the warlocks have a thousand eyes watching for you... I found one. A ship with a good captain. She leaves for Astapor tomorrow.
- Daenerys Targaryen: Astapor?
- Jorah Mormont: We cannot stay here.
- Daenerys Targaryen: They have my dragons. A mother does not flee without her children.
- Jorah Mormont: They're not your children. I know they call you the Mother of Dragons and I know you love them, but you didn't grow them in your womb, they didn't suckle at your breasts. They are dragons, Khaleesi, and if we stay in Qarth we'll die.
- Daenerys Targaryen: You should sail to Astapor, I'm sure you'll be safe there.
- Jorah Mormont: You know I would die for you. I will never abandon you. I'm sworn to protect you, to serve.
- Daenerys Targaryen: Then serve me! If my dragons are in the House of the Undying, then take me there.
- Jorah Mormont: That's what the warlock wants, he told you so himself. If you enter that place, you will never leave again. His magic is strong.
- Daenerys Targaryen: And what of my magic? You saw me step into the fire, you watched the witch burn. What did the flames do to me, do you remember?
- Jorah Mormont: Until my last breath, I will remember. After I have forgotten my mother's face...
- Daenerys Targaryen: They are my children. And they are the only children I will ever have... Take me to them.
- [Jaime and Brienne are on their way to King's Landing. Jaime keeps teasing Brienne while she leads him to the river]
- Jaime Lannister: It's a long way to King's Landing. Might as well get to know one another. Have you known many men? I suppose not. Women? Horses? Aha!
- [Jaime winces in pain when Brienne forces him to kneel down near a boat, because she spotted people passing nearby on a bridge]
- Jaime Lannister: I didn't mean to give offense, My Lady. Forgive me.
- Brienne of Tarth: Your crimes are past forgiveness, Kingslayer.
- Jaime Lannister: Why do you hate me so much? Have I ever harmed you?
- Brienne of Tarth: You've harmed others - those you were sworn to protect, the weak, the innocent.
- Jaime Lannister: Has anyone ever told you you're as boring as you are ugly?
- [once the passing people disappear from view, Brienne roughly pulls Jaime back on his feet]
- Brienne of Tarth: You will not provoke me to anger.
- [Brienne drags Jaime to the river bank]
- Jaime Lannister: I already have. Look at you. You're ready to chop my head off. Do you think you could? Do you think you can beat me in a fair fight?
- [Brienne drags the boat to the river]
- Brienne of Tarth: I've never seen you fight.
- Jaime Lannister: The answer is no. There are three men in the kingdoms who might have a chance against me. You're not one of them.
- [Brienne pushes the boat into the water]
- Brienne of Tarth: All my life men like you have sneered at me. And all my life I've been knocking men like you into the dust.
- Jaime Lannister: If you're so confident, unlock my chains. Let's see what happens.
- Brienne of Tarth: Do you take me for an idiot? In.
- [Brienne gestures Jaime to enter the boat. He complies]
- Jaime Lannister: I took you for a fighter, a man - oh, pardon - woman of honor. Was I wrong? You're afraid.
- [Brienne enters the boat, moves it away from the bank and starts rowing]
- Brienne of Tarth: Maybe one day we'll find out, Kingslayer.
- Arya Stark: You promised you'd help me.
- Jaqen H'ghar: Help was not promised, lovely girl. Only death. There must be others. Give a name, any name.
- Arya Stark: And you'll kill them? Anybody?
- Jaqen H'ghar: By the Seven New Gods and the Old Gods beyond counting, I swear it.
- Arya Stark: All right. Jaqen H'ghar.
- Jaqen H'ghar: A girl gives a man his own name?
- Arya Stark: That's right.
- Jaqen H'ghar: Gods are not mocked. This is no joking thing.
- Arya Stark: I'm not joking. A man can go kill himself.
- Jaqen H'ghar: Un-name me.
- Arya Stark: No.
- Jaqen H'ghar: Please?
- Arya Stark: I'll un-name you.
- Jaqen H'ghar: Thank you.
- Arya Stark: If you help me and my friends escape.
- Jaqen H'ghar: [scoffs] This would require more than one life. This is not part of our bargain.
- Arya Stark: Fine. Jaqen H'ghar.
- Jaqen H'ghar: A girl lacks honor.
- [Arya shrugs]
- Talisa Maegyr: I decided two things that day. I would not waste my life planning dances and masquerades with the other noble ladies. And when I came of age, I would never live in a slave city again.
- [Talisa sighs]
- Talisa Maegyr: I'm sorry, Your Grace, you told me of your problems, and I... I blathered on.
- Robb Stark: [realizes] I don't want to marry the Frey girl.
- Talisa Maegyr: I don't want you to marry her. But you needed that bridge. I hope it's a very beautiful bridge.
- Eddison Tollett: Great rangers never get old is the problem. Shit ones neither. It's them in the middle that last a long time.
- Robb Stark: Send word to your son. Any Ironborn who surrender will be allowed to return safely to their homes.
- Roose Bolton: A touch of mercy is a virtue, Your Grace. Too much...
- Robb Stark: [interrupting] Any Ironborn with the exception of Theon Greyjoy. He betrayed our cause. He betrayed me. And we will hunt him down no matter where he runs.
- Roose Bolton: I expect his countrymen will turn on him the minute they hear the offer.
- Bronn: We can throw books at them.
- Lord Varys: We don't have that many books.
- Bronn: We don't have that many men either.
- Tyrion Lannister: [panicking] Shae!
- Shae: Have you lost your mind? What is wrong?
- [Tyrion is relieved that Shae is safe]
- Tyrion Lannister: You're beautiful!
- Shae: Then why do you look so sad?
- [Tyrion kneels in front of Shae]
- Tyrion Lannister: We have to be more careful.
- Shae: Don't be afraid. I can take care of myself.
- [Tyrion looks up at Shae]
- Tyrion Lannister: There are people who want to hurt me.
- Shae: I know. I won't let them. I'll cut off their faces. I will.
- [Tyrion looks at Shae lovingly]
- Tyrion Lannister: I would kill for you. Do you know that? I... I expect I will have to, before this is over. You're mine.
- Shae: [bemused] I'm yours.
- Tyrion Lannister: Promise me.
- Shae: I'm yours, and you're mine.
- [Shae kisses Tyrion]
- Robb Stark: Most kings grow up as princes. They spend their whole lives preparing for the crown. I was raised to be Lord of Winterfell.
- Talisa Maegyr: I was raised to be a proper little lady, to play the harp, and dance the latest steps, and recite Valyrian poetry.
- Robb Stark: I would like to hear you play the harp.
- Talisa Maegyr: No. No, you would not.
- [Talisa shakes her head. Robb chuckles]
- Robb Stark: I want to go home. I want the men following me to go home.
- Talisa Maegyr: Then why don't you?
- Robb Stark: Because we'll never be save until the Lannisters are defeated. And because I believe in justice.
- Talisa Maegyr: Chopping off Joffrey's head, you mean?
- Robb Stark: That would be a start.