Does death only come for the wicked . . .

A long time ago, she ed her father saying that when the cold wind blows the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

He had it all backwards.

Arya, the lone wolf, still lived, but the wolves of the pack had been taken and slain.

~ A Feast for Crows

That night she went to sleep thinking of her mother, wondering if she should kill the Hound in his sleep and rescue Lady Catelyn herself.

When she closed her eyes she saw her mother's face.

~ A Feast for Crows

"Yes, it's you who ought to run.

All of you better run or my brother will kill you, he's a Stark, he's more wolf than man, and so am I."

~ A Clash of Kings

She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear, and it felt as though Syrio Forel walked beside her.

Syrio says that every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better.

~ A Game of Thrones

Arya would make friends with anybody.

This Mycah was the worst;

a butcher's boy, thirteen and wild, he slept in the meat wagon and smelled of the slaughtering block. Just the sight of him was enough to make Sansa feel sick, but Arya seemed to prefer his company to hers.

~ A Game of Thrones