The best quotes from the fifth episode of season 4 of Game of Thrones. Also, check out my recap of this episode .


#9 “You knew exactly what he was. I did too. You never love anything in the world the way you love your first child. It doesn’t matter what they do. And what he did, it shocked me. Do you think I’m easily shocked?”

-Cersei to Margaery about Joffrey

“You knew exactly what he was. I did too. You never love anything in the world the way you love your first child. It doesn’t matter what they do. And what he did, it shocked me. Do you think I’m easily shocked?”


#8 “We may be faced with an alarming number of weddings soon. I won’t even know what to call you, sister or mother?”

-Margaery to Cersei


#7 “I will not let those I have freed slide back into chains. I will not sail for Westeros. I will do what queens do. I will rule.”

-Daenerys to Jorah

“I will not let those I have freed slide back into chains. I will not sail for Westeros. I will do what queens do. I will rule.”


#6 “You know what kind of stories poor men enjoy the most? Ones about rich girls they’ll never meet.”

-Littlefinger to Sansa


#5 “Know your strengths, use them wisely and one man can be worth ten thousand.”

-Littlefinger to Sansa


#4 “You don’t need to make formal alliances with people you trust.”

-Tywin to Cersei


#3 “Hate’s as good a thing as any to keep a person going. Better than most.”

-The Hound to Sansa


#2 “I am a Lannister. Queen for 19 years, daughter of the most powerful man alive. But I could not save my son. What good is power if you cannot protect the ones you love?”

-Cersei to Oberyn


#1 “Everywhere in the world they hurt little girls.”

-Cersei to Oberyn

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