You should have learned by now, none of us get the things we want.

the women are the strong ones

To be just, to be fair, and to be bold, was to be a woman. To be a survivor, was to be a Stark.

A woman can preach, a woman can work, a woman can fight, can rule, can conquer, can destroy — just as much as a man can. 

"A woman can preach, a woman can work, a woman can fight. A woman
can build, can rule, can conquer, can destroy, just as much as a
man can."

sea-bitch:

The strongest characters in the story are female. I like to think of the duel between the two mothers of the competing families, Catelyn Stark and Cersei Lannister.

David Benioff (Executive Producer/Writer)

They seem diametrically opposed in many other ways, but they are both women who are driven to very extreme actions to protect their children.

D.B. Weiss (Executive Producer/Writer)

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