R. A. Salvatore Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“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.”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Streams of Silver: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.14, Wizards of the Coast
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“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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“We are all dying, every moment that passes of every day. That is the inescapable truth of this existence. It is a truth that can paralyze us with fear, or one that can energize us with impatience, with the desire to explore and experience, with the hope- nay, the iron-will!- to find a memory in every action. To be alive, under sunshine, or starlight, in weather fair or stormy. To dance with every step, be they through gardens of flowers or through deep snows.”
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“The physical powers of the body cannot be separated from the rationale of the mind and the emotions of the heart. They are one and the same, a compilation of a singular being. It is in the harmony of these three-body, mind, and heart- that we find spirit. ... Spirit. In every language in all the Realms, surface and Underdark, in every time and every place, the word has a ring of strength and determination. It is the hero's strength, the mother's resilience, and the poor man's armor. It cannot be broken, and it cannot be taken away.”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Exile: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.224, Wizards of the Coast
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“A king is a man strong of character and conviction who leads by example and truly cares for the suffering of his people,not a brute who rules simply because he is the strongest.”
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“If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2011). “The Collected Stories, The Legend of Drizzt”, p.325, Wizards of the Coast
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“It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Sojourn: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.167, Wizards of the Coast
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“I don't have to prove my worth and value to any but those I love, and that I do by being who I am, with confidence that those I love appreciate the good and accept the bad. Does anything else really matter?”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2008). “The Pirate King: Transitions”, p.93, Wizards of the Coast
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“It is more difficult by far to be independent of our own inner shackles than it is of the shackles that others might place upon us.”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “The Lone Drow: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy”, p.171, Wizards of the Coast
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“But what of faith? What of fidelity and loyalty? Complete trust? Faith is not granted by tangible proof. It comes from the heart and the soul. If a person needs proof of god's existence, then the very notion of spirituality is diminished into sensuality and we have reduced what is holy into what is logical.-Drizzt Do'urden”
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“Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure.”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Streams of Silver: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.112, Wizards of the Coast
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“It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them... At least he who reaches will get a good stretch, a good view, and perhaps even a low-hanging apple for his efforts.”
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“To grant the power of a weapon master to anyone at all, without effort, without training and proof that the lessons have taken hold, is to deny the responsibility that comes with such power.”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Streams of Silver: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.222, Wizards of the Coast
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“Artemis Entreri: Do not underestimate Jarlaxle. Many have; they all are dead.”
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“Because in fantasy perhaps more than in any other genre, the character is rewarded for making the right choices and punished for making the bad. Ask Boromir.”
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“A span of a few heartbeats can make for a greater memory than the sum of a mundane year.-Catti-brie”
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“A man inferior with the blade or with his thoughts can still so elevate himself," Entreri explained curtly, "if he can impart the belief that some god or other speaks through him. It is the greatest deception in all the world and one embraced by kings and lords, while the minor lying thieves on the streets or Calimport and other cities lose their tongues for so attempting to coax the purses of others.”
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“I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.”
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“emotion clouds the rational, and many perspectives guide the full reality. To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even those of your enemy. It is to know the past and to use such relevant history as a template for expectations. It is, most of all, to force reason ahead of instinct, to refuse to demonize that which you hate, and to, most of all, accept your own fallibility.”
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“Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today.”
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“...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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“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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“We are all prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around us. It is a burden that all people endure, that all people despise, and that few people ever learn to escape.”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Exile: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.176, Wizards of the Coast
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“I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.”
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“It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade.”
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“First blood is mine. Last blood counts for more. --Artemis Entreri and Drizzt Do'Urden”
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“You view the gods as entities without," Montolio tried to explain. "You see them as physical beings trying to control our actions for their own ends, and thus you, in your stubborn independance, reject them. The gods are within, I say, whether one has named his own or not. You have followed Mielikki all your life, Drizzt. You merely never had a name to put on your heart.”
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“Follow your heart, minute by minute and day by day. Let the course of the river run as it will, instead of tying yourself up in fears that you may never realize" Wulfgar”
-- R. A. SalvatoreSource : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “The Lone Drow: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy”, p.173, Wizards of the Coast
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“i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am walking the true road, if i am slain, then i die in the knowledge that for a brief time, at least, i was part of somethin bigger. this road has perils and i will surely die on it,but, i am not afraid to die.”
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“Hindsight, I think, is a useless tool. We, each of us, are at a place in our lives because of innumerable circumstances, and we, each of us, have a responsibility (if we do not like where we are) to move along life's road, to find a better path if this one does not suit, or to walk happily along this one if it is indeed our life's way. Changing even the bad things that have gone before would fundamentally change who we are, and whether or not that would be a good thing, I believe, it is impossible to predict. So I take my past experiences... and try to regret nothing. -Drizzt Do'urden”
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