Varys: I did what I did for the good of the realm.
Petyr 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.
Petyr 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 are given a chance to climb; [but they refuse] hey cling to the realm or the gods or love. [illusions] Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.