Conleth Hill credited as playing...
Lord Varys
- Lord Varys: Any fool with a bit of luck can find himself born into power. But earning it for yourself, that takes work.
- Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish: The realm. Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies. A story we agree to tell each other over and over until we forget that it's a lie.
- Lord Varys: But what do we have left once we abandon the lie? Chaos? A gaping pit waiting to swallow us all.
- Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish: Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb; they refuse. They cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.
- Eddard Stark: You think my life is some precious thing to me? That I would trade my honor for a few more years... of what? You grew up with actors. You learned their craft and you learnt it well. But I grew up with soldiers. I learned to die a long time ago.
- Lord Varys: Pity. Such a pity. What of your daughter's life, my lord? Is that a precious thing to you?
- Joffrey Baratheon: They say Stannis never smiles. I'll give him a red smile, from ear to ear.
- [Joffrey walks away]
- Tyrion Lannister: [jokingly] Imagine Stannis' terror.
- Lord Varys: I am trying.
