There's no doubt that Lady Olenna Tyrell, played superbly by Diana Riggs, is one of the most spirited old survivors in the realm.
Cunning and ruthless, but also clever and kind to those who deserved it, the grand matriarch of Highgarden struggled and schemed her way to wealth and power with a quick wit and a quicker tongue, most recently finding her way to the side of Daenerys Targaryen in an effort to exact vengeance upon House Lannister.
Riggs' performance has delighted us all, and on a series featuring countless acts of malice and misery, Olenna's clever dialogue and piercing words of wisdom gave us some of the show's most memorable encounters. Olenna has a way of pushing through all the niceties, or not-so--niceties, and getting to the heart the matter, often cutting someone down in the process.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Season 7 of Game of Thrones! If you're not caught up, beware!
This week, the (implied) death of Lady Olenna - aka The Queen of Thorns - took our breath away. Not just because, thanks to years of herd thinning, there aren't that many characters left on the show whose death will deliver a major impact, but because Olenna was truly one of a kind. So as we grieve for her, and her precious perspective and sinister sass, let's look back on Lady Olenna's best lines...
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Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at http://ift.tt/2aJ67FB.
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