My great bear, Dany thought. I am his queen, but I will always be his cub as well, and he will always guard me.
Daenerys Targaryen throughout the seasons
“I know she is proud. How not? What is left to her but pride? I know she is strong. How not? The Dothraki despise weakness. If Daenaerys had been weak, she would have perished with Viserys. I know she is fierce. Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen are proof enough of that. She has survived assassins and conspiracies and fell sorceries, grieved for a brother and a husband and a son, tro the cities of the slavers to dust beneath her dainty sandaled feet”
“They are outgrowing the restrictions that she’s placing on them. She’s always feared it. I mean, for goodness sake, they’re dragons. They’ve killed her enemies; what’s going to stop them from killing anyone? I think it’s kind of a symbol of her losing control of herself, and losing control of what she’s doing.” — Emilia Clarke on Daenerys Targaryen in the Season 4 Foreshadowing