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. Salvatore

Nothing's what it seems, draw!" Bruno declared. "Nothin'! Ye try to follow what ye know, ye know? But then ye find that ye know not what ye thought ye knew! Thought a dog'd be tastin' good - looked good enough - but now me belly's cursing me every move!

— R.A. Salvatore

Of all the crowns that Bruno had worn or would, none was more important than that of Father.

— R.A. Salvatore

Patti-brie continued to stare at the draw as the wizards walked up. The woman did not know what to make of Drift's cryptic answers. Drift had let Tarn heel win, she figured, or at least had allowed the man to fight to a draw. For some reason the young woman did not understand, she didn't want to think that Tarn heel had actually beaten Drift; she didn't want to think that anyone could beat Drift.

— R.A. Salvatore

Reg weld 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!

— R.A. Salvatore

Sane is boring.

— R.A. Salvatore

Selfishly, perhaps, Patti-brie had determined that the assassin was her own business. He had unnerved her, had stripped away years of training and discipline and reduced her to the quivering semblance of a frightened child. But she was a young woman now, no more a girl. She had to personally respond to that emotional humiliation, or the scars from it would haunt her to her grave, forever paralyzing her along her path to discover her true potential in life.

— R.A. Salvatore

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. Salvatore

Station is the paradox of the world of my people, the limitation of our power within the hunger for power. It is gained through treachery and invites treachery against those who gain it. Those most powerful in Menzoberranzan spend their days watching over their shoulders, defending against the daggers that would find their backs. Their deaths usually come from the front." -Drift Do'Burden

— R.A. Salvatore

That was the danger of nostalgia, Drift realized. One often remembered the good of the past while forgetting the troubles.

— R.A. Salvatore