Top 100 R.A. Salvatore Quotes
#1. A third [of three] had died in his bunk of natural causes
for a dagger in the heart quite naturally ends one's life.
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#2. Save us a day and more! Bruerior repeated stubbornly. Wulfgar wasn't convinced.
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#3. Make yer laughs where ye can, little one, because yer tears'll chase ye and catch ye where they will.
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#4. Change is not always growth, but growth is often rooted in change.
Drizzt Do'Urden
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#5. Is that not the whole point of gaining experience, to use it to make wiser choices, to temper destructive instincts, to find better resolutions?
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#6. Without effort, without training and proof that the lessons have taken hold, is to deny the responsibility that
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#7. There is a moment when a man thinks he's going to die when he's terrified," Drizzt replied. "Then there is a moment when a man is sure he's going to die when he's outraged. That moment, upon the Luskar right now, is the time of greatest courage and the time when enemies should quiver in fear.
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#8. Matron Malice, her belly swollen in the final hours of pregnancy.
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#9. Fantasy is like an idealized reality, and the core of fantasy is the one person can make a difference.
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#10. To think that all we've known to be true is not necessarily an absolute is unsettling and almost incomprehensible, and so to walk the road of acceptance and peace often takes more courage than the way of the warrior.
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#11. If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.
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#12. No race is more adept than humans at weaving a mask of excuses, at ultimately claiming good intent. And no race is more adept at believing its own claims. How many wars have been fought, man against man, with both armies espousing that god, a goodly god, was on their side and in their hearts? But
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#13. This, then, was Jango Fett's greatest reward, right here, sitting with his son, his young replica, sharing quiet moments.
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#14. One never knows when one might walk into a tale. - Ardaz
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#15. Drizzt turned and tried to catch him, but the huge man bowled the drow over and continued on. Face first into a tree. Before Drizzt could get over to help, Wulfgar was up again and running, too scared and embarrassed, to even groan.
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#17. Drizzt swung a long and heavy halberd, a polearm more than twice his height, in a slow arc. For all of Drizzt's attempts to keep the weapon under control, its momentum spun his tiny frame right to the ground.
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#18. Comen out, leetle rodents," the human called in a language that the companions could not understand. The wizard reiterated the request in another tongue, then in drow, and then in two more unknown tongues, and then in svirfneblin. He continued on for many minutes,
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#19. There is no way of truly knowing where a road will lead until it is walked.
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#20. I am Brister Fendlestick. Velcome to my hoomble home!
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#21. In any honest analysis, change is the basis of fear, the idea of something new, of some paradigm that is unfamiliar, that is beyond our experiences so competent that we cannot even truly predict where is will lead us.
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#22. So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later, in 1987, I thought I had it ready to go out again.
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#23. I know not yet where I hope to go, what challenges are left before me, but I do understand now that the important thing is to enjoy the process of getting there.
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#24. Cats?" Bruenor gawked at Regis. "Ye brought cats?" Regis smiled and shifted his head in his hands. "You know a better way to get rid of mice?
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#25. There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable.
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#26. Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.
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#27. Play for the day," he told himself. "Win the day, each day, and so you will win the war.
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#28. Only when we admit to our failures and recognize our weaknesses can we rise above them.
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#29. I have come to know that it [death] is an important thing to keep in mind - not to complain or to make melancholy, but simply because only with the honest knowledge that one day I will die I can ever truly begin to live.
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#30. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by.
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#31. She paused when she got to Drizzt, studying his handsome features. "Who have we here?" she asked, not losing her calm monotone. "I had not heard of your arrival, but I am sure that many will desire an audience with you before you go! We have never seen one of your kind.
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#32. They broke the hug and shared a tremendous kiss, all sloppy and loud, full of fun and full of lust, as only dwarves could do.
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#33. He looked down at the mask hanging around his neck. So simple a lie, and he could walk freely throughout the world.
But would he then be trapped within the web of his own deception? What freedom could he find in denying the truth about himself?
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#34. Come an' play, stupid dogs, Bruenor chuckled wickedly
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#35. And all our gods are one God," Avelyn replied quickly, not wanting to offend the elf. "A God of differing names perhaps, but of similar tenets. And when those tenets are misinterpreted," the monk went on, his voice turning grave, "when they are used for personal gain or as a
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#36. What place is this that is my world; what dark coil has my spirit embodied?" he whispered the angry disclaimer that had always been a part of him. "In light, I see my skin as black; in darkness, it glows white in the heat of this rage I cannot dismiss.
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#37. Gods, rather than being outside entities, are personifications of what lies in our hearts. If this is true, then the many, varied gods of the human sects - deities of vastly different demeanors - reveal much about the race.
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#38. If we act in a goodly way because we are afraid of how we will feel if we do not, then we have not truly come to separate the concept of right and wrong.
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#39. The world is a dark place," Kipper replied. "But when friends join hands, it lightens.
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#40. Look at me," she sobbed. "Tell me ye feel the same!"
Drizzt did look at Catti-brie, as deeply as he had ever studied the beautiful young woman. He did care for her - of course he did. He did love her, and had even allowed himself a fantasy or two about this very situation.
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#41. Regweld is really a fine wizard," he continued, patting the shoulder again. "And his ideas for crossbreeding a horse and a frog are not without merit; never mind the explosion! Alchemy shops can be replaced!
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#42. For life is experience, and longevity is, in the end, measured by memory, and those with a thousand tales to tell have indeed lived longer than any who embrace the mundane.
-Drizzt Do'Urden
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#43. There is no pain greater than this; not the cut of a jagged-edged dagger nor the fire of a dragon's breath. Nothing burns in your heart like the emptiness of losing something, someone, before you truly have learned of its value
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#44. Pride invites you to soar to heights of personal triumph, but the wind is stronger at those heights and the footing, tentative. Farther, then, is the fall.
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#45. Courage in battle and courage in personal and emotional matters are often two separate attributes, and an abundance of one does not necessarily translate into an ample amount of the other.
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#46. Drizzt had always suspected it, but now it was confirmed, that "welcome" was his favortie word in the Common Tongue, and a word, he understood with no equivalent in the language of the drow.
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#47. It is difficult to realize that you cannot win every battle for every friend.
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#48. Truth, though, is nothing in the face of self-falsehood, and principles are of no value if the idealist cannot live up to his own standards.
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#49. I'm trying to make all the characters change and grow, or regress.
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#50. But you broke my mirror!" the master growled. "Die stupid, stupid boy! Find your own answers!
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#51. Meddlers, both, we be, and always with the hope that our meddling will leave in our wake a more beautiful tapestry than that we first encountered.
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#52. There are no shadows in the Underdark. There is no room for imagination in the Underdark. It is a place for alertness, but not aliveness, a place with no room for hopes and dreams.
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#53. It is important to recognize that reputation means nothing, and while past deeds might inspire confidence, they are no guarantee of present or future victory. I
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#54. Writing can be a tough gig. Whenever you do something in which you put yourself out there - if that becomes the focus of your life, you miss the point of living. You've really got to get the grounding of family and the things that are important in your life and make that your focus.
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#55. You are in my very soul, tormenting me, Anakin went on, not a bit of falseness in his tone.
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#56. even the short-lived humans divide their lives into segments, though they rarely recognize the transient truth as they move through one or another stage of their existence.
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#57. And doubts regarding how high the price might prove. But this is our way. This is our creed. This is the mantra of the Companions of the Hall. It can be no other way. And since we knew our course to be true, doubts could not equal regret. No matter the price. - Drizzt Do'Urden
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#58. Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales.
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#59. I measure my success in life by the added value my presence brought to those whom I loved, and who loved me.
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#60. Take your love and your pleasure as you find it. Do not worry so much of the future that you let today pass you by. you are happy. need you know more than that?
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#61. This is my fear, of a life wasted, of a cause misbegotten, of a belief that is, in the end, an empty and unattainable ideal, the foolish designs of an innocent child who believed there could be more.
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#62. This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.
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#63. Always I seem doomed to protect those I most despise, Entreri whispered
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#64. What is it about your race that none of you can seem to properly weigh your own value? Every human seems to think more of herself than she should, or less of herself than is sensible!
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#65. In the heart, there is no sting greater than watching the struggles of one you love, knowing that only through such strife will that person grow and recognize the potential of his or her existence.
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#66. Every day is a chance to start over. Any day can be bad, surely, but any day can be good, can be great, and that promise, that potential, is a beautiful thing indeed.
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#67. That was the danger of nostalgia, Drizzt realized. One often remembered the good of the past while forgetting the troubles.
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#68. To learn how to use a sword, one must first master when to use a sword.
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#69. I will always love you Drizzt Do'Urden my life was full and without regret because I knew you and was completed by you. Sleep well, my love.
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#70. Dark elf!" Belwar called as loudly as he dared. "Dark elf, take your panther away. Dark elf!
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#71. No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.
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#72. It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.
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#73. Beware the engineers of society, I say, who would make everyone in all the world equal. Opportunitty should be equal, must be equal, but achievement must remain individual.
- Drizzt Do'Urden
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#74. To Han Solo, the galaxy seemed a more dangerous place by far.
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#75. Whether it's a kid in high school who doesn't have any friends and finds friends in my characters, or a guy in Afghanistan, who's trying to forget what he did that day, and trying not to think about what he's gotta do tomorrow ... I give them a little bit of an escape.
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#77. The gods of the realms are many and varied
or they are the many and varied names and identities tagged onto the same being. I know not
and care not
which.
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#79. On a more practical level, anyone out there who wants to be a writer should clearly recognize that this is a brutal business, where even incredibly talented people sometimes never make a living. If you want to chase such a dream, please have a Plan B in place.
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#80. The centuries dull and shift the memories, and the lens of time alters images. A
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#81. I won't hold any illusions of changing the world or any such nonsense. But maybe, just maybe, I'm helping someone else change his or her life a little bit for the better, even if it just means giving someone a magical place in which to hide.
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#82. Only in very rare circumstances will you see something cut out of my first drafts. Maybe it's because of the way I write. I'm very focused on the logical progression of the story, and every character has a role to play.
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#83. I live my life with hope, always hope, that the future will be better than the present, but only as long as I work to make it so.
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#84. I don't desire glory. Glory brings fame, and fame brings jealousy, and jealousy brings danger.
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#85. I will continue to judge on the content of character and not the shape or color of a mortal coil. My heart demands no less of me, my spiritual peace must be held as the utmost goal.
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#86. First blood is mine.
Last blood counts for more.
Artemis Entreri and Drizzt Do'Urden
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#87. Luck?" Drizzt replied. "Perhaps. But more often, I dare to say, luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in excuting the correct course of action.
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#88. I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong.
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#89. pushing away his breakfast plate of mushrooms and moss sauce.
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#90. Sometimes the most difficult battles are the ones we are forced not to fight.
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#92. He hates me because my way of life shows his to be an empty lie,
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#93. While change is not always growth, growth is always rooted in change.
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#94. There is indeed reward for those who follow the path of conscience,
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#95. A leering succubus, vile temptress of the Abyss, stared back at him.
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#96. We came to find me home, boy, but this is not the place. Me people once lived, here, 'tis true, but the darkness that creeped into Mithral Hall has put an end to me claim on it. I've no wish to return once I'm clear of the stench of the place, know that in yer stubborn head.
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#97. Where in the nine hells did you ever find the notion that I would fight fair?
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#100. , But the streets need cleaning, brother," Gromph said.
"That is why the gods gave us magic, brother," Jarlaxle replied in the same smug tone. "To perform the mundane tasks of life.
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