His eyes opened. “You remember where the heart is?” he asked in a hoarse whisper.

As still as stone she stood. “I … I was only…”

“Don’t lie,” he growled. “I hate liars. I hate gutless frauds even worse.

Go on, do it.” When Arya did not move, he said, “I killed your butcher’s boy. I cut him near in half, and laughed about it after.” He made a queer sound, and it took her a moment to realize he was sobbing.

  Sandor Clegane                                     

                                You know where the heart is?

“And the little bird, your pretty sister, I stood there in my white cloak and let them beat her. I took the bloody song, she never gave it. I meant to take her too. I should have. I should have fucked her bloody and ripped her heart out before leaving her for that dwarf.” A spasm of pain twisted his face. “Do you mean to make me beg, bitch? Do it! The gift of mercy … avenge your little Michael…”



‘Ripping her heart out…’ That’s Sandor’s most notorious sentence, extremely ambiguous and powerfulAnother reference to the heart in Sandor’s nightmarish journey to the deepest pits of hell. I’m not sure, but probably that’s how he feels himself, as if his own chest had been ripped open and his heart was in her hands. In this scene the man wants to die because he can’t take any more suffering,both physical and mental, but probably his inner suffering is the one that’s more cruel.

He’s a fighter and never gives up but when he heard of Sansa’s marriage he surrendered. The more I think of it, the more convinced I am that crude and raw sentence: I should have fucked her bloody and ripped her hear out before leaving her for that dwarf is more about self hatred, pain and hopeless yearning than about violence. Sandor has known nothing but violence and he expresses in violent terms how frustrated, how jealous and forlorn he feels now that he’s lost his little bird for ever.

I’m sure he doesn’t regret he didn’t rape her and killed her, he’s just expressing a pain so strong it feels nearly physical, I think it’s his own heart the one which feels as if it was being ripped out of his chest, that’s why he wants to give up and die by Arya’s hand and mercy. I agree with you, he refers to his torn heart and his own death rather than hers. 

(via eyesofmist)

So many misunderstand the meaning behind his words. :( 

(via iwishthehoundwerehere)

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    — Sandor Clegane You know where the heart is?
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    “I hate liars. I hate gutless frauds even worse.”...I’d also like to point out what...
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    Sandor’s speech here is on so many levels that it’s no wonder people get confused by it or take it at solely face value....
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