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Tyrion:
Let me
give you
some
advice
bastard.
Never
forget
what
you are.
The rest
of the
world
will not.
Wear it
like
armor,
and it
can
never be
used to
hurt you.
J on:
What
the hell
do you
know
about
being a
bastard?
Tyrion:
All
dwarfs
are
bastards
in their
father's
eyes.
[5]


Tyrion to Jon Snow


J on: I dont
know who my
mother was.
Tyrion: Some
woman, no
doubt. Most
of them are.
[5]


Tyrion to Jon Snow


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. Thats
why I read so
much Jon
Snow.
[5]


Tyrion to Jon Snow


Tyrion:
When I
was your
age, I used
to dream
of having a
dragon of
my own.
J on Snow:
You did?
Tyrion:

Oh, yes.
Even a
stunted,
twisted,
ugly little
boy can
look down
over the
world
when he's
seated on
a dragon's
back. I
used to
start fires
in the
bowels of
Casterly
Rock and
stare at the
flames for
hours,
pretending
they were
dragonfire.
Sometimes
I'd imagine
my father
burning. At
other
times, my
sister.
Don't look
at me that
way,
bastard. I
know your
secret.
You've
dreamt the
same kind
of
dreams.
[14]

Tyrion to Jon Snow


Tyrion: We Lannisters do
have a certain pride.
Catelyn: Pride?
Arrogance, some might
call it. Arrogance and
avarice and lust for
power.
Tyrion: My brother is
undoubtedly arrogant.
My father is the soul of
avarice, and my sweet
sister Cersei lusts for
power with every waking
breath. I, however, am
innocent as a little lamb.
Shall I bleat for you?
[17]


Tyrion to Lady Catelyn


Masha
Heddle:
Dont kill him
here!
Tyrion:
Dont kill him
anywhere.
[17]


Tyrion to Masha, regarding himself


Gunthor:
How
would
you like
to die,
Tyrion
son of
Tywin?
Tyrion:
In my
own bed,
with a
belly full
of wine
and a
maiden's
mouth
around
my cock,
at the
age of
eighty.
[49]


Tyrion to Gunthor


The
gall of
them,
fighting
back!
[49]




All sorts of
people are
calling
themselves
kings these
days.
[7]




Crowns
do
queer
things
to the
heads
beneath
them.
[7]




When
you
tear
out a
mans
tongue,
you are
not
proving
him a
liar,
youre
only
telling
the
world
that
you
fear
what
he
might
say.
[27]




Sorcery is the
sauce fools
spoon over
failure to hide
the flavor of their
own
incompetence.
[50]




I have
never liked
you, Cersei,
but you
were my
own sister,
so I never
did you
harm.
Youve
ended that.
I will hurt
you for this.
I dont know
how yet,
but give me
time. A day
will come
when you
think
yourself
safe and
happy, and
suddenly
your joy will
turn to
ashes in
your mouth,
and youll
know the
debt is
paid.
[51]


Tyrion to Cersei


Those
are
brave
men.
Let's go
kill
them!
[34]


During the Battle of the Blackwater


In the
dark, I am
the Knight
of
Flowers.
[52]


Tyrion to Sansa Stark, on the night of their marriage


J offrey: He was
a traitor, and I
want his stupid
head. Im going
to
make Sansa kiss
it.
Tyrion: No.
Sansa is no
longer yours to
torment.
Understand that,
monster.
J offrey: Youre
the monster,
Uncle.
Tyrion: Am I?
Perhaps you
should speak
more softly to
me, then.
Monsters are
dangerous
beasts, and just
now kings seem
to be dying like
flies.
[53]


Tyrion to Joffrey Baratheon after the Red Wedding



Another
name? Oh,
certainly.
And when
the Faceless
Men come
to kill me, Ill
say, No,
you have
the wrong
man, Im a
different
dwarf with a
hideous
facial
scar.
[38]


Tyrion, when asked by Jaime to take another name


You poor stupid blind
crippled fool. Must I spell
out every little thing for
you? Very well. Cersei is a
lying whore, she's been
fucking Lancel and Osmund
Kettleblack and
probably Moon Boy for all I
know. And I am the
monster they all say I am.
Yes, I killed your vile
son.'
[38]


Tyrion to Jaime


Tyrion: This girls to
be your queen. Have
you no regard for her
honor?
J offrey: Im punishing
her.
Tyrion: For what
crime? She did not
fight her

brothers battle.
J offrey: She has the
blood of a wolf.
Tyrion: And you have
the wits of a goose.
J offrey: You cant talk
to me that way. The
king can do as he
likes.
Tyrion: Aerys II
Targaryen did as he
liked. Has your
mother ever told you
what happened to
him?
Ser Boros: No man
threatens His Grace in
the presence of
the Kingsguard!
Tyrion: I am not
threatening the king,
ser, I am educating my
nephew. Bronn, Timett,
the next time
Ser Boros opens his
mouth, kill him. Now
that was a threat, ser.
See the difference?
[50]

Tyrion to the Kingsguard and Joffrey upon seeing them beat Sansa Stark


Give me
priests who
are fat and
corrupt and
cynical, the

sort who like
to sit on soft
satin
cushions,
nibble
sweetmeats,
and diddle
little boys.
It's the ones
who believe
in gods who
make the
trouble.
[43]



Trust no one, my
prince. Not
your chainless
maester, not
your false father,
not the
gallant Duck or
the
lovely Lemore nor
these other fine
friends who grew
you up from a
bean. Above all,
trust not
the cheese
monger, nor the
Spider, nor this
little dragon
queen you mean
to marry. All this
mistrust will sour
your stomach and
keep you awake
at night, tis true,
but better that
than the long
sleep that does
not end.
[42]


Tyrion to Young Griff
Quotes about Tyrion

Tyrion Lannister, the
youngest of Lord
Tywin's brood, and
by far the ugliest. All
that the gods had
given
to Cersei and Jaime,
they had denied
Tyrion. He was a
dwarf, half his
brother's height,
struggling to keep
pace on stunted
legs. His head was
too large for his
body, with a brute's
squashed-in face
beneath a swollen
shelf of brow. One
green eye and one
black one peered
out from under a
lank fall of hair so
blond it seemed
white. Jon watched
him with
fascination.
[5]


Jon Snow's first impression of Tyrion


Bowen
Marsh: You
have great
thirst for
such a
small man.
Maester
Aemon:
Oh, I think
Lord Tyrion
is quite a
large man. I
think he is a
giant come

among us,
here at the
end of the
world.
[15]

Maester Aemon on Tyrion


Power
resides
where
men
believe it
resides.
No more
and no
less. . .A
shadow
on the
wall, yet
shadows
can kill.
And
ofttimes a
very small
man can
cast a
very large
shadow.
[23]


Varys on Tyrion


He is a
bigger
man
than
he
seems,
I
think.
[4]


Garlan Tyrell to Sansa Stark


I am
malformed,
scarred, and
small, but...
abed, when
the candles
are blown
out, I am
made no
worse than
other men. In
the dark, I am
the Knight of
Flowers. I am
generous.
Loyal to those
who are loyal
to me. Ive
proven Im no
craven. And I
am cleverer
than most,
surely wits
count for
something. I
can even be
kind.
Kindness is
not a habit
with
us Lannisters,
I fear, but I
know I have
some
somewhere. I
could be... I
could be
good to
you.
[52]


Tyrion, on himself, to Sansa Stark


Her vile,
treacherous,
murderous
dwarf
brother.
[54]


Cersei Lannister


Jaime, sweetling, I have
known you since you were
a babe at Joanna's breast.
You smile like Gerion and
fight like Tyg and there's
some of Kevan in you, else
you would not wear that
cloak...but Tyrion is Tywin's
son, not you. I said so once
to your father's face, and he
would not speak to me for
half a year.
[55]


Genna Lannister to Jaime Lannister