My best dialogue from Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones Season 2 episode 1 (The North Remembers)
Cersi Lannister and Petyr Baelish
Cersei Lannister:
I heard a song once, about a boy of modest means, found his way in the home of a very prominent family. He loved the eldest daughter. Sadly, she had eyes for another.
Petyr Baelish:
When boys and girls live in the same home, awkward situations can arise. Sometimes, I've heard, even brothers and sisters develop certain affections. And when those affections become common knowledge, well that is an awkward situation indeed, especially in a prominent family. Prominent families often forget a simple truth I found.
Cersei Lannister:
And which truth is that?
Petyr Baelish:
Knowledge is power.
[Cersei pauses a moment]
Cersei Lannister:
[to her guards] Seize him… Cut his throat. [her guards move to do so]
Cersei Lannister:
No, wait. [chuckles] I've changed my mind. Let him go. [her guards do so] Step back three paces. [they obey]. Turn around. [they obey] Close your eyes. [they obey].
Cersei Lannister:
[steps up to Petyr] Power is power…. Do see if you can take away some time from your coins and your whores to locate the Stark girl for me. I would very much appreciate it."
Kuna nyingine hii hapa ni nouma sana.
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Tyrion Lannister:
[reading a note] "Roslin caught a fine fat trout. Her brothers gave her a pair of wolf pelts for her wedding. Signed Walder Frey." Is that bad poetry or is it supposed to mean something?
Joffrey Baratheon:
[gleefully] Robb Stark is dead! And his bitch mother! [to Pycelle] Write back to Lord Frey.Thank him for his service and command him to send Robb Stark's head. I'm going to serve it to Sansa at my wedding feast.
[this suggestion is met with disgust by the council]
Varys:
Your Grace, Lady Sansa is your aunt by marriage.
Cersei Lannister:
A joke. Joffrey did not mean it.
Joffrey Baratheon:
Yes, I did. I'm going to have it served to Sansa at my wedding feast.
Tyrion Lannister:
No. She is no longer yours to torment.
Joffrey Baratheon:
Everyone is mine to torment. You'd do well to remember that, you little monster.
Tyrion Lannister:
Oh, I'm a monster?! Perhaps you should speak to me more softly, then. Monsters are dangerous and just now kings are dying like flies.
[The council are aghast by this threat, though Varys gives an amused smile]
Joffrey Baratheon:
I could have your tongue out for saying that!
Cersei Lannister:
Let him make his threats. Hmm? He's a bitter little man.
Pycelle:
Lord Tyrion should apologize immediately. Unacceptable, disrespectful, and in very bad taste.
Joffrey Baratheon:
I am the king! I will punish you!
Tywin Lannister:
Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king. I'll make sure you understand that when I've won your war for you.
Joffrey Baratheon:
My father won the real war. He killed Prince Rhaegar. He took the crown while you hid under Casterly Rock!
[There is a long, tense silence, as the council wait to see how Tywin will respond to such a shocking insult; Tyrion watches eagerly to see which of the two relatives he despises the most will win. After he takes a second to contemplate his words to his grandfather, even Joffrey shows muted terror. But although Tywin's gaze never leaves Joffrey, he remains completely calm, and continues to betray no emotion]
Tywin Lannister:
The king is tired. See him to his chambers.
Cersei Lannister:
[quickly] Come along.
Joffrey Baratheon:
I'm not tired.
Cersei Lannister:
We have so much to celebrate. A wedding to plan. You must rest.
Tywin Lannister:
Grand Maester, perhaps some essence of nightshade to help him sleep.
Joffrey Baratheon:
I'm not... tired! [leaves, followed by everyone except Tywin]
Tywin Lannister:
[To Tyrion] Not you.
Tyrion Lannister:
[with grudging admiration] You just sent the most powerful man in Westeros to bed without his supper.
Tywin Lannister:
You're a fool if you believe he's the most powerful man in Westeros.
Tyrion Lannister:
[sarcastically] A treasonous statement! Joffrey is king.
Tywin Lannister:
You really think a crown gives you power?
Tyrion Lannister:
No, I think armies give you power. (Tywin nods) Robb Stark had one, never lost a battle, and you defeated him all the same. [Tywin nods again] Oh, I know. Walder Frey gets all the credit, or the blame, I suppose, depending on your allegiance. [pause] Walder Frey is many things, but a brave man? No. He never would have risked such an action, unless he had certain assurances...
Tywin Lannister:
Which he got from me. Do you disapprove?
Tyrion Lannister:
I'm all for cheating, this is war. But to slaughter them at a wedding...
Tywin Lannister:
Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.
Tyrion Lannister:
(sarcastically) So that's why you did it- to save lives?
Tywin Lannister:
(impatient) To end the war- to protect the family. Do you want to write a song for the dead Starks? Go ahead! Write one. (pause) I'm in this world a little while longer- to defend the Lannisters, to defend my blood.
Tyrion Lannister:
...The Northerners will never forget.
Tywin Lannister:
Good. Let them remember what happens when they march on the South. (pause, puts his papers away) All the Stark men are dead. Winterfell is a ruin. Roose Bolton will be named Warden of the North- until your son by Sansa comes of age. (stands up) I believe you still have some work to do on that score. (turns away, Tyrion stands up, furious, and follows him across the room)
Tyrion Lannister:
(angrily) Do you think she'll open her legs for me after I tell her how we murdered her mother and brother?!
Tywin Lannister:
One way or another, you will get that girl pregnant-
Tyrion Lannister:
I will not rape her! (pause)
Tywin Lannister:
...Shall I explain to you in one easy lesson how the world works?
Tyrion Lannister:
(sneering) Use small words- I'm not as bright as you! (Tywin glares at him)
Tywin Lannister:
The house that puts family first will always defeat the house that puts the whims and wishes of its' sons and daughters first. (Tyrion gives him an odd expression) A good men does everything in his power to better his family's position- regardless of his own selfish desires. (Tyrion begins to smirk)... Does that amuse you?!
Tyrion Lannister:
No, it's a very good lesson... (turns angry again) Only it's easy for you to preach utter devotion to family, when you're making all the decisions!
Tywin Lannister:
(angry) Easy for me, is it?
Tyrion Lannister:
When have you ever done something that wasn't in your interest, but solely for the benefit of the family?!
Tywin Lannister:
(with controlled fury) The day that you were born. (Tyrion is caught off-guard, Tywin continues, for once showing grief for the loss of his wife) I wanted to carry you into the sea and let the waves wash you away. Instead, I let you live- and I've brought you up as my son. Because you're a Lannister! (storms out, Tyrion ponders his words)
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