WARNING: Mild spoilers below

Tyrion stared up at his father's hard green eyes with their flecks of cold bright gold. "Guilty," he said. "So guilty. Is that what you wanted to hear?"

Lord Tywin said nothing. Mace Tyrell nodded. Prince Oberyn looked mildly disappointed. "You admit you poisoned the king?"

"Nothing of the sort," said Tyrion. "Of Joffery's death, I am innocent. I am guilty of a more monstrous crime." He took a step towards his father. "I was born. I lived. I am guilty of being a dwarf, I confess it. And no matter how many times my good father forgave me, I have persisted in my infamy."

"This is folly, Tyrion," declared Lord Tywin. "Speak to the matter at hand. You are not on trial for being a dwarf."

"That is where you err, my lord. I have been on trial for being a dwarf my entire life."

"Have you nothing to say in your defense?"

"Nothing but this: I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had." He turned to face the hall, that sea of pale faces. "I wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. I am innocent, but I will get no justice here."
--George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

Tyrion has a lot of awesome quotes and one-liners and great scenes in the books and in the TV show, but the scene above is by far my favorite one so far. If they don't put it in the TV show almost word for word, I'm going to be kind of sad.

Painted in September 2013