Game of Thrones Season 8 Quotes

Episode 5

The Bells

Varys: The Northern Armies?

Jon Snow: Just crossed the Trident. They'll be at the gates of King's Landing in two days. ... How is she?

Varys: She hasn't seen anyone since we returned. Hasn't left her chambers, hasn't accepted any food.

Jon Snow: She shouldn't be alone.

Varys: You're worried for her. I admire your empathy.

Jon Snow: Aren't you worried for her?

Varys: I'm worried for all of us. They say "every time a Targaryen is born, the Gods flip a coin, and the world holds its' breath."

Jon Snow: We're not much for riddles, where I'm from.

Varys: We both know what she's about to do.

Jon Snow: That's her decision to make. She is our Queen.

Varys: Men decide where power resides, whether or not they know it.

Jon Snow: What do you want?

Varys: All I've ever wanted. The right ruler on the Iron Throne. I still don't know how her coin has landed... but, I'm quite certain about yours.

Jon Snow: I don't want it. I never have.

Varys: I have known more Kings and Queens than any man living. I've heard what they say to crowds, and seen what they do in shadows. I have furthered their designs, however horrible. But what I tell you now, is true: you will rule wisely and well, while she-

Jon Snow: She is my Queen.

Tyrion Lannister: The people who live there, they're not your enemies. They're innocents, like the ones you liberated in Meereen!

Daenerys Targaryen: In Meereen, the slaves turned on the Masters and liberated the city themselves the moment I arrived.

Tyrion Lannister: They're afraid! Anyone who resists Cersei will see his family butchered! You can't expect them to be heroes. They're hostages. 

Daenerys Targaryen: They are. In a tyrant's grip. Whose fault is that? Mine?

Tyrion Lannister: What does it matter whose fault it is?! Thousands of children will die if the city burns!

Daenerys Targaryen: Your sister knows how to use her enemies' weaknesses against them. That's what she thinks our mercy is. Weakness.

Tyrion Lannister: I beg you, my Queen.

Daenerys Targaryen: But she's wrong. Mercy is our strength. Our mercy towards future generations, who will never again be held hostage by a tyrant. (to Grey Worm) Ready the Unsullied. Tonight you sail for King's Landing to join the Northern armies.

Tyrion Lannister: Cersei's followers will abandon her, if they know the war is lost. Give them that chance. If the city surrenders, they will ring the bells and raise the gates. Please, if you hear them ringing the bells, call off the attack.

Daenerys Targaryen: Wait for me outside the city. You'll know when it's time. ... Your brother was stopped, trying to get through our lines. It seems he hasn't abandoned your sister, after all. The next time you fail me... will be the last time you fail me.

Tyrion Lannister: How did they find you? Did you consider taking it off?

Jaime Lannister: Cersei once called me "the stupidest Lannister".

Tyrion Lannister: And you're going back with her, to die with her.

Jaime Lannister: You've underestimated her before.