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Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder.
— Game of Thrones • 2011
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is Littlefinger's whole creed in two sentences: where Varys sees a disaster to be prevented, he sees an opening to be used. The flip from pit to ladder made it the most quoted line of his career, and it works as an insight and as a warning, since the man who says it is the one climbing over everyone else.
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In context
Spoilers for Game of ThronesShow the scene
In "The Climb" (Game of Thrones, season 3, episode 6, aired May 5, 2013; written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss), Petyr Baelish is about to leave King's Landing by ship and talks with Varys. Baelish tells Varys he gave Ros to a friend, in fact Joffrey, to kill for his pleasure. Varys protests that he did what he did for the good of the realm, and says that without the realm there is only chaos, a pit waiting to swallow everyone. Baelish answers with the line and a speech about ambition. The episode's title comes partly from this dialogue.
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- Wikipedia: The Climb (Game of Thrones)Lead and Plot sectionsReference checked
- Wikiquote: Game of Thrones/Season 3'The Climb' [3.06] sectionReference checked
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