GOT/ASOIAF meme: seven quotes (5/7) →  Surprisingly, Stannis smiled at that. ”You’re bold enough to be a Stark. Yes, I should have come sooner. If not for my Hand, I might not have come at all. Lord Seaworth is a man of humble birth, but he reminded me of my duty, when all I could think of was my rights. I had the cart before the horse, Davos said. I was trying to win the throne to save the kingdom, when I should have been trying to save the kingdom to win the throne.” 

(Source: anguys, via potterphiliac)