Top 160 R.A. Salvatore Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “There is a place within each of us where we cannot hide from the truth, where virtue sits as judge. To admit the truth of our actions is to go before that court, where process is irrelevant. Good and evil are intents, and intent is without excuse.”

— R.A. Salvatore

52. “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

53. “The world is not static, and if the roots of our perceptions, traditions, hold static, then we are doomed, I say, into destructive dogma.”

— R.A. Salvatore

54. “He who remains alive, remains alive to write the histories in a light favorable to him and his cause.”

— R.A. Salvatore

55. “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. Salvatore

56. “Is morality not an internal force, and if it is, are principles then to be dictated or felt?”

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57. “The most common criticism that I’ve seen is that I write “popcorn fantasy”: lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I’m cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.”

— R.A. Salvatore

58. “I need no fantasies to belittle the great treasures that I already possess.”

— R.A. Salvatore

59. “Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique causes. I know now that when I die, I will live on. That which is important will live on. This is my Legacy; and by the grace of the gods, I am not alone.”

— R.A. Salvatore

60. “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.”

— R.A. Salvatore

61. “I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.”

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62. “In the past, TSR and now Wizards of the Coast have asked me to do game stats for my characters, and I’m never comfortable doing that. It’s all relative after all.”

— R.A. Salvatore

63. “I don’t like the sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere.”

— R.A. Salvatore

64. “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.”

— R.A. Salvatore

65. “And the real thing can kill you whether you believe in it or not.”

— R.A. Salvatore

66. “Sensual pleasures are, or should be, the culmination of physical desires combined with an intellectual and emotional decision, a giving of oneself, body and spirit, in a bond of trust and respect.”

— R.A. Salvatore

67. “Never confuse honor with stupidity!”

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68. “Those who rely on certainties are certain to be disappointed.”

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69. “Drizzt Do’Urden had followed a line of precepts based upon discipline and ultimate optimism. He fought for a better world because he believed that a better world could and would be made. He had never held any illusions that he would change the world, of course, or even a substantial portion of it, but he always held strongly that fighting to better just his own little pocket of the world was a worthwhile cause.”

— R.A. Salvatore

70. “This is the way of the world, but is is not the only way.”

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71. “Those who aspire to less accomplish less. There can be no doubt. It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.”

— R.A. Salvatore

72. “I have ridden a dragon!” Tiago protested. “I have eaten a dragon,” Gromph replied. I have slept with a dragon – two! Jarlaxle thought, but did not say, though he couldn’t avoid a grin at the pleasant memory of the wonderful copper dragon sisters, Tazmikella and Ilnezhara.”

— R.A. Salvatore

73. “Neverwinter Wood.”

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74. “You are in my very soul, tormenting me,” Anakin went on, not a bit of falseness in his tone.”

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75. “To lose is to die! You may win a thousand fights, but you can only lose one!”

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76. “How long lived our memory of you when you are gone? Because in the end, that is the only measure. In the end, when life’s last flickers fade, all that remains is memory. Richness, in the final measure, is not weighed in gold coins, but in the number of people you have touched, the tears of those who mourn your passing, and the fond remembrances of those who continue to celebrate your life. – Drizzt Do’Urden.”

— R.A. Salvatore

77. “Dinin nodded. “Ten years ago,” he began, wondering why he was telling all this to Jarlaxle, “I watched as Zaknafein was sacrificed to the Spider Queen. Rarely has any house in all of Menzoberranzan seen a greater waste.” “The weapon master of House Do’Urden had a mighty reputation,” the mercenary put in. “Well earned, do not doubt,” replied Dinin.”

— R.A. Salvatore

78. “Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don’t do this and can’t stomach it, honestly.”

— R.A. Salvatore

79. “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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80. “Time to hunt?” Cattie-brie cried, satisfied that she had gotten her point across. She rose beside Wulfgar and headed for the door, but she turned her head over her shoulder to face Drizzt one final time, giving him a look that told him that perhaps he should have asked for more from Cattie-brie back in Icewind Dale, before Wulfgar had entered her life.”

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81. “For there is indeed a harmony in the universe, a concordant singing of common weal. To join that song, one must find inner harmony, must find the notes that ring true. There is one point to be made about that truth: Evil creatures cannot sing.”

— R.A. Salvatore

82. “When you live with death so close, you come to appreciate life all the more.”

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83. “Where in the nine hells did you ever find the notion that I would fight fair?”

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84. “It is easy to miss the possibility that every person who crosses your path can become an event and a memory, good or bad, to fill in the hours with experience instead of tedium, to break the monotony of the passing moments.”

— R.A. Salvatore

85. “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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86. “Driest displayed the intricate hand and facial combinations of the silent drow code, and he briefly entertained the notion of teaching the language to Belwar. The deep gnome promptly burst into loud and rolling laughter. His dark eyes looked incredulously at Drizzt, and he led the drow’s gaze down to the ends of his arms. With a hammer and a pickaxe for hands, the svirfneblin could hardly muster enough gestures to make the effort worthwhile.”

— R.A. Salvatore

87. “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.”

— R.A. Salvatore

88. “I consider every person an enemy until he has proven himself differently, and I find that in knowing my enemies, I can prepare against anything they might send against me.”

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89. “Writing is an incredibly lonely job.”

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90. “To any intelligent being, there is no emotion more important than hope. Individually or collectively, we must hope that the future will be better than the past, that our offspring, and theirs after them, will be a bit closer to an ideal society, whatever our perception of that might be.”

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91. “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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92. “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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93. “If I offer my hand to another and he takes it, do I not also have his hand? We are stronger together, but only if the bond of friendship travels from both hands.”

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94. “I loved the world of imagination.”

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95. “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.” -Drizzt Do’Urden.”

— R.A. Salvatore

96. “For there is no perfect strike, no perfect defense, no perfect form. The word itself defines a state that cannot be improved, but such is not the case, is never the case with muscle and mind and technique. So there is no state of perfection, but to seek it is not folly, nay, for it is that very seeking, the relentless journey, which defines the quality of the warrior.”

— R.A. Salvatore

97. “For whatever we do in our lives, discipline and control over our own actions ultimately measure the level of our success.”

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98. “Whenever you’re writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader to suspend disbelief, to buy into the logic and boundaries of your world, even though those boundaries might include things like dragons and magic.”

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99. “There’s way too much pain in this business for anyone who doesn’t HAVE to write.”

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100. “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.”

— R.A. Salvatore