书摘 A game of thrones

                
                
Every hurt is a lesson,and every lesson makes you better.
As he stood in the predawn chill watching Chiggen butcher his horse,Tyrion Lannister chalked up one more debt owed the Starks.Steam rose from inside the carcass when the squart sellsword opened the belly with his skinning knife.His hands moved deftly, with never a wasted cut;the work had to be done quickly, before the stink of blood brought shadowcats down from the heights.
Tyrion felt the anger all around him, thick and smoky, fed by the deep cuts in the Stark woman’s hands. “Kill him,” hissed some drunken slattern from the back, and other voices took up the call,
faster than he would have believed.
Trying to cut their way out of this was a sure invitation to an early grave.
 
作者对人物性格的描写很精彩，每一个人物都很立体，没有完全的英雄，没有十足的小人。尊贵的人会有缺陷，卑微的人也有他的光彩。最喜欢的人物小恶魔，地位尊贵，却因出生时母亲难产而死，备受自己父亲和姐姐的诅咒，又因是侏儒，遭受众人的嘲笑。作者虽然构筑的是虚幻的世界，却真实又残忍。