FORGOTTEN REALMS QUOTABLE QUOTES

1. The      pair (Drizzt and Bruenor) spent the rest of the night standing in the      chill wind, watching the stars, until dawn’s first glow stole the majestic      view, or rather, replaced it with yet another.

Passage to Dawn

By R. A. Salvatore

Legacy of the Drow, Book 4

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 279

2. “All      my life I have been searching for a home,” the drow said quietly. “All my      life I have been wanting more than that which was offered to me, more than      Menzoberranzan, more than friends who stood beside me out of personal      gain. I always thought home to be a place, and indeed it is, but not in      any physical sense. It is a place in here,” Drizzt said putting a hand to      his heart and turning back to look upon his companions. “it is a feeling      given by true friends.”

“I know this now and know that I am home.”

Passage to Dawn

By R. A. Salvatore

Legacy of the Drow, Book 4

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 339

On Bruenor Battlehammer’s desire to find his ancestral home:

3. “Nostalgia      is possibly the greatest of the lies that we all tell ourselves. It is the      glossing of the past to fit the sensibilities of the present. For some, it      brings a measure of comfort, a sense of self, and of source, but others, I      fear, take these altered memories too far, and because of that paralyze      themselves to the realities about them.”

Streams of Silver

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 120

On comparison of Drizz’t do Urden and Artemis Artreri:

4. “But      they remained strikingly different, a polarity of morals that subtly      altered the aura of the dance.

The drow ranger in battle was an instrument of beauty to behold, a perfect athlete pursuing his chosen course of righteousness with unsurpassed fervor. But Entreri was merely horrifying, a passionless murderer callously disposing of obstacles in his path.”

Streams of Silver

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 23

On the disguised help of Lady Alustriel to Drizz’t do Urden:

5. “You      have renewed my hope, Lady of Silverymoon. You have reminded me that there      is indeed reward for those who follow the path of conscience, a treasure      far greater than the material baubles that too often come to unjust men.”

Streams of Silver

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 234

6. “Let      events take their own course,” he said resolutely…”I need no fantasies to      belittle the great treasures that I already possess.” He took a deep      breath to blow away the remnants of his self-pity.

Streams of Silver

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 234

7. The      drow’s new identity did not fit in the eyes of Wulfgar and Cattie-brie.      Bruenor spat into the water, disgusted at a world too blinded by a cover      to read the book inside.

The Halfling’s Gem

The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 3

By R.A. Salvatorre

Page 169

8. “Nowhere      might you learn more than in a land unlike our own,” Wulfgar remarked…

The Halfling’s Gem

The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 3

By R.A. Salvatorre

Page 177

9. “Look      in the mirror, Drizzt Do’Urden,” Catti-brie said, “without the mask.      Killin’ Entreri won’t change the color of his skin – or the color of yer      own.”

The Halfling’s Gem

The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 3

By R.A. Salvatorre

Page 209

10. Again      Drizzt had been slapped… He fell back in his chair… Before him loomed a      woman, beautiful and sensitive and laying bare his soul with a few words.      They had shared much, it was true…

The Halfling’s Gem

The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 3

By R.A. Salvatorre

Page 209

11. My      barbarian friend has come far from his youthful days roaming the tundra.      Farther still must he come to hold the heart of Bruenor’s fiery daughter,      to hold Cattie-brie’s love.

Is there in all the world a concept more fleeting, more elusive?

- Drizzt Do’Urden

The Legacy

Legacy of the Drow, Book 1

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 79

Revealing characterization of R.A. Salvatore’s on the Orc King Many Arrows:

12. “The      dwarves are on their home ground. They know every stone, every rise and      every tunnel. They know how to fight. But we…do not deny them the credit      they deserve. We accept that they are formidable and worthy foes’ and in      that knowledge we prepare.”

“We know them, but even against what we have shown to them in conquering this land, they still do not know us. This” (catapults archers, etc.) - … “they know and expect. Your preparations are half done General Dukka and half done well. Now envision how King Bruenor will try to conquer everything you have done, and complete your preparations to defeat that counter.”

- King Obould Many Arrows

The Orc King

Transition, Book 1

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 57

On Catti-brie’s charming beauty as captured by Fret as characterized by Lady Alustriel:

13. “Fret      is full of magic, I am told,” Catti-brie said, glancing at Wulfgar.

Alustriel shook her head, “Fret finds the beauty, he does not create it.”

“He finds it as well as well as Drizzt finds orcs to slay, or Bruenor finds metal to mine, to be sure,” said Wulfgar.

The Orc King

Transition, Book 1

By R.A. Salvatore

Page 109

14. The      drow’s eyes flared for just a moment – a lapse of control. Jarlaxle was      unused to such wheels spinning outside of his control and he didn’t like      the feeling.

Promise of the Witch King

The Sell swords, Book 2

By R.A. Salvatorre

Page 156

15. “The      man moves with the grace of a true warrior and with the confidence of an      emperor. But only in a martial sense. He is one and alone in every other      sense. A pity, I think.”

(Mariabronne the Rover)

“I am not sure that Artemis Entreri would appreciate your pity.”

(Jarlaxle)

“It is not for him that I express it but for those around him.”

(Mariabronne the Rover)

Promise of the Witch King

The Sell swords, Book 2

By R.A. Salvatorre

Page 157

16. At      that moment, though, the nakedness of her self-delusion and justification      hit her hard. Perhaps Canthan was imparting truthful thoughts to her to      justify her killing of the drow. Perhaps she tried to tell herself, the      dark elf Jarlaxle truly was an impediment to their necessary victory.

Yes, that was it…

(Commander Ellery)

Promise of the Witch King

The Sell swords, Book 2

By R.A. Salvatorre

Page 301

On Abelar Corrinthal’s moral stand:

17.  Cale, “He won’t be able to live with himself if he does it.”

Riven shook his head. “He won’t be able to live with himself if he doesn’t. You saw his son.”

Cale hesitated. “A bad choice.”

Riven nodded. “But that’s how the world works.”

Cale did know it. Being able to live with yourself and keeping your soul clean weren’t always the same thing. And when it came to it, a man had to choose one or the other.

Shadowstorm

by Paul S. Kemp

The Twilight War Book II

Page 334

On Erevis Cale’s relation with Mask

18.  “… What I gave you allows you to save those you want to save, to harm those you want to harm. I made you more than a man.”

But I can’t save myself, Cale wanted to scream.

“This,” he fought through the restraints and held out his arms as the shadows roiled around his flesh “has not made me more than a man. It’s made me less.”

Mask said nothing for a moment, then, “You understand that much sooner than I did.”

Shadowrealm

by Paul S. Kemp

The Twilight War Book III

Page 67

Fundamental difference between Erevis Cale and Rivalen Tanthul:

19.  Rivalen: “How can you not feel awe as you watch a sun die?”

The shadows around Cale swirled. “Death does not awe me. Death is easy.”

                                                                                                              Shadowrealm

by Paul S. Kemp

The Twilight War Book III

Page 67

Page 183

On Brennus Tanthul’s hair splitting predicament:

20.  Brennus lived in the space between the betrayal of his mother and the betrayal of his father. He could not long hold that ground. Either he honored his mother’s memory by exacting payment from her murderer, or he did as his father instructed.

Shadowrealm

by Paul S. Kemp

The Twilight War Book III

Page 213

21. As      to the reason of the fine mood of Deudermont as observed by Drizzt:

Arkleem Greeth has erased the shades of gray – or has colored them more darkly, to be precise,” said Drizzt. “Any doubts you harbored regarding this action in Luskan have been cast away because of the lich’s action at Illusk. “As Arkleem Greeth stripped the magical boundary that held the monsters at bay, so too did he peel away the heavy pall of doubt from Captain Deudermont’s shoulders.”

The Pirate King

by R.A. Salvatore

Transitions II

p. 171