Editing Varys (section)

==Quotes by Varys==
[[File:Mike Capprotti Varys.JPG|350px|thumb|Varys and the [[Iron Throne]], by Mike Capprotti ©]]
{{Quote|A [[eunuch]] has no honor, and a spider does not enjoy the luxury of scruples, my lord.{{ref|AGOT|58}}|Varys to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Varys''': I begin to comprehend why the queen fears you so much. Oh, yes I do.<br>'''Eddard''': You are the one she ought to fear.<br>'''Varys''': No. I am what I am. The king makes use of me, but it shames him. A most puissant warrior is our [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], and such a manly man has little love for sneaks and spies and [[eunuch]]s. If a day should come when [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] whispers, 'Kill that man,' [[Ilyn Payne]] will snick my head off in a twinkling, and who will mourn poor Varys then? [[North]] or [[southron|south]], they sing no songs for spiders.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}|Varys and [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{quote|'''Eddard''': Tell me, Lord Varys, who do you truly serve?<br>'''Varys''': Why, [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]], my good lord, how ever could you doubt that? I swear it by my lost manhood. I serve the realm, and the realm needs peace.{{ref|AGOT|58}}|[[Eddard Stark]] and Varys}}

{{Quote|The [[High Septon (fat one)|High Septon]] once told me that as we sin, so do we suffer. If that's true, Lord Eddard, tell me ... why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones??{{Ref|AGOT|58}}|Varys to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

[[File:Serena Malyon Varys's Riddle.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Varys's riddle, by Serena Malyon © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|May I leave you with a bit of a riddle, Lord Tyrion? In a room sit three great men, a [[king]], a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a [[sellsword]], a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it,’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it,’ says the priest, ‘for I command you in the names of the gods.’ ‘Do it,’ says the rich man, ‘and all this gold shall be yours.’ So tell me—who lives and who dies?{{Ref|ACOK|3}}|Varys to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling.{{Ref|ACOK|8}}|Varys to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.{{Ref|ACOK|8}}|Varys to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{quote|'''Tyrion''': Lord Varys, sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in [[King's Landing]], and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy.<br>'''Varys''': How odd. I think quite the same of you.{{ref|ACOK|15}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Varys}}

{{Quote|Secrets are worth more than [[silver]] or [[sapphire]]s.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}|Varys to [[Illyrio Mopatis]]}}

{{quote|Ser Kevan. Forgive me if you can. I bear you no ill will. [[Assassinations of Pycelle and Kevan Lannister|This was not done from malice]]. It was for [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]]. For the children ... There are many like you, good men in service to bad causes ...{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}|Varys to [[Kevan Lannister]]}}