Game of Thrones Quotes by House Lannister, The Lions of Westerlands

When I read this Game of Thrones Quotes collection, I've asked myself which qutes from the show are my favorite. And of course, they all come from the House Lannister.
House Lannister is one of the Great Houses of Westeros, one of its richest and most powerful families and oldest dynasties. They used to rule the Westerlands as the Kings of the Rock before swearing allegiance to the Targaryen family. They have since served the Targaryens and now King Robert Baratheon as the Wardens of the West.

House Lannister’s symbol is a golden lion on a crimson background, and their house motto is “Hear Me Roar!”. Their unofficial motto, which is as well known as the official one is “A Lannister Always Pays His Debts”.

Members

• Lord Tywin Lannister, the head of the family.
  • His daughter, Queen dowager Cersei, widow to the late King Robert Baratheon.
    • His eldest grandson, King Joffrey Baratheon.
    • His granddaughter, Princess Myrcella Baratheon.
    • His youngest grandson, Prince Tommen Baratheon, heir to the Iron Throne.
  • His eldest son, Ser Jaime Lannister, of the Kingsguard.
  • His youngest son and legal heir, Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf.

 

• Ser Kevan Lannister, Tywin’s younger brother. Married to Dorna Lannister.
  • Lancel Lannister, Kevan’s eldest son and heir, squire to King Robert Baratheon.

 
Sworn to House Lannister

• House Clegane of Clegane Keep.
• House Crakehall of Crakehall.
• House Lefford of Golden Tooth.
• House Marbrand of Ashemark.
• House Payne.
• House Swyft of Cornfield.

Military strengthHouse Lannister can raise approximately 60,000 men in a relatively short period of time. As the richest house, the Lannisters’ forces are among the best-equipped in the Seven Kingdoms, though House Tyrell commands larger numbers.
 
The Lannisters also command a modest fleet, berthed at Lannisport. The fleet was largely destroyed at anchor during the Greyjoy Rebellion in a pre-emptive strike led by Balon Greyjoy’s brothers.

My best quotes by Tyrion Lannister are:

• "The Northerners will never forget."
• “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.”
• “A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.”
• “We’ve had vicious kings and we’ve had idiot kings, but I don’t know if we’ve ever been cursed with a vicious idiot boy king!”
• “It’s hard to put a leash on a dog once you’ve put a crown on its head.”
• “I try to know as many people as I can. You never know which one you’ll need.”
  

You can allways visit this post about Game of Thrones sayings, if you need more of the quotes.

Tywin is by far my favorite character in the show. Here is selection of my favorite Game of Thrones quotes by the big guy:

• "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."
  
• "Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner."
• "You can drink. You can joke. You can engage in juvenile attempts to make your father uncomfortable. But you will do your duty."
• "Have you gone soft, Clegane? I always thought you had a talent for violence. Burn the villages, burn the farms. Let them know what it means to choose the wrong side."
• "There, you see? You will wed her, bed her, and put a child in her. Surely you're capable of that."

Lannisters In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, House Lannister was established many thousands of years prior to the books’ opening by a trickster-hero called Lann the Clever, who tricked the powerful Casterly family into abandoning their stronghold of Casterly Rock, which the Lannisters took for their own. The Lannisters have ruled the region known as the Westerlands ever since, getting rich of the many gold and silver mines in the western hills and mountains.
 
 During Robert’s Rebellion, the Lannisters sat out most of the war, refusing to heed the calls of King Aerys II Targaryen to aid him in crushing the rebellion. After the rebel victory at the Battle of the Trident, the Lannister army marched to the relief of King’s Landing but, instead of helping defend the city, they brutally sacked it, killing King Aerys and his grandchildren.
 
Robert Baratheon publicly forgave the Lannisters their actions and accepted their allegiance, marrying Cersei Lannister in thanks for Tywin’s assistance. However, Eddard Stark saw the Lannister action as betrayal and murder, and has not trusted them ever since.

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