Chaos is a Ladder

Varys: I did what I did for the good of the realm. Baelish: The realm. Do you know what the realm is It s the thousand blades of Aegon s enemies a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it s a lie. Varys: But what do we have left, once we abandon the lie Chaos A gaping pit waiting to swallow us all. Baelish: Chaos isn t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some, given a chance to