“
Renly laughed. “Stannis, that’s a very pretty sword, I’ll grant you, but I think the glow
off it has ruined your eyes. Look across the fields, brother. Can you see all those banners?”
“Do you think a few bolts of cloth will make you king?”
“Tyrell swords will make me king. Rowan and Tarly and Caron will make me king, with
axe and mace and warhammer. Tarth arrows and Penrose lances, Fossoway, Cuy, Mullendore,
Estermont, Selmy, Hightower, Oakheart, Crane, Caswell, Blackbar, Morrigen, Beesbury,
Shermer, Dunn, Footly... even House Florent, your own wife’s brothers and uncles, they
will make me king." (Catelyn III, A Clash of Kings)
”
”
George R.R. Martin