![A bruise is a lesson… and each lesson makes us better.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OSC0cx2wVmI/X1tcMwp4GmI/AAAAAAAAFUc/Iss6v9aHK6EfOfRCQxj3DOdhBlUeEwv_QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-bruise-is-a-lesson-and-each-lesson-makes-us-better.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: George R. R. Martin
![A bruise is a lesson… and each lesson makes us better.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OSC0cx2wVmI/X1tcMwp4GmI/AAAAAAAAFUc/Iss6v9aHK6EfOfRCQxj3DOdhBlUeEwv_QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-bruise-is-a-lesson-and-each-lesson-makes-us-better.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pZtHisHYSuM/X1t7jTXtU6I/AAAAAAAAJOA/EsMCZ3vPzUcd2W7V8QfzX4M7cglGvhK_QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/sleep-is-good-he-said-and-books-are-better.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.
![Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TdUB6y4moDc/X1tirO9j1RI/AAAAAAAAGBY/aHM9nsl3pg4iLdEzDRkYY_rTRgBRfB3ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/death-is-so-terribly-final-while-life-is-full-of-possibilities.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
![Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HW9q4OGYFAw/X1t2QRVTb_I/AAAAAAAAIeQ/SLnxbk2KpR8VA5LFZmpfgX6rl_qyl04eACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/most-men-would-rather-deny-a-hard-truth-than-face-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
![Laughter is poison to fear.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Wxk23j91tig/X1twbqZauZI/AAAAAAAAIDQ/-ClHNAMG3rsEvrK60xnCDQQc6IA52jHCQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/laughter-is-poison-to-fear.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Laughter is poison to fear.
![It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H4l5rEoywsg/X1tvQwkmLTI/AAAAAAAAH1w/-iQpMtwS3aQPe8s2iI21IxnnvfoCp_cmQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-one-thing-to-be-clever-and-another-to-be-wise.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.
![The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1Hcsk1PRZlk/X1uKnvM3AAI/AAAAAAAAKgI/pfujVHtBgggw8axbJ49fJ4gLnlLKgPAPgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-things-we-love-destroy-us-every-time-lad-remember-that.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.
![Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N_hMTr4QqKg/X1t71r1Uq_I/AAAAAAAAJRU/3qh9HHKJqFkVopZ4pGFS1ouSEZHm0uZaACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/some-writers-enjoy-writing-i-am-told-not-me-i-enjoy-having-written.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.
![Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” – Daenerys Targaryen](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HJSSO1ZVf8g/X1tu208BXuI/AAAAAAAAHxM/2ErRUObi76cN7Tde-lvY69WPMcWAxekTQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/is-it-so-far-from-madness-to-wisdom-daenerys-targaryen.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” – Daenerys Targaryen
![Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4QkWpBL12c4/X1t3XQI1wQI/AAAAAAAAIrs/i7TcfOo1R90inkDqgvFNb4NigiNhaR7iQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/noseless-and-handless-the-lannister-boys.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.
![Was there ever a war where only one side bled?](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mdX9SC4EZOI/X1uO5_a5LiI/AAAAAAAALFA/1WC7pJXED4cFwSm8NX4RR0aRsiTKI-q_wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/was-there-ever-a-war-where-only-one-side-bled.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Was there ever a war where only one side bled?
![Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VHvqF0-bxkM/X1tn_JrkvgI/AAAAAAAAGoA/OWE9sWX5M5MbWC63EjKAKTjFurXTxf4eQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/halftruths-are-worth-more-than-outright-lies.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)