Top 160 R.A. Salvatore Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Magic is neither good nor evil. It merely is.”

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102. “Every wrinkle is earned, my love. Day by day, we spend our time together, and the changes that come will be well earned. In your heart you know that I love you, and I have no doubt but that my love will grow with the passage of years. I.”

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103. “Ultimately, the claim goes to the strongest, does it not? In the final sort of things, I mean. He who remains alive, remains alive to write the histories in a light favorable to him and his cause. Surely as worldly as you are, you know well the histories of the world, Master Wingham. Surely you recognize that armies carrying banners are almost always thieves – until they win.”

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104. “He was born a slave, but he was not born to be a slave.”

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105. “I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read that didn’t excite me and didn’t even remotely connect to the realities of my life.”

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106. “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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107. “No one will ever write a fantasy novel better than The Hobbit.”

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108. “The boy nodded, unperturbed that his father, his mentor, could always find fault, even in success. The boy knew that his beloved father did so only because it forced him to strive for perfection. And in a dangerous galaxy, perfection allowed for survival. The boy loved his father even more for caring enough to criticize.”

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109. “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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110. “How ironic it is that our instincts often run exactly opposite from what we truly desire for those we love.”

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111. “I will never forget that you came for me, Drizzt Do’Urden,” Entreri called after him, and for some reason he didn’t quite yet understand, those words filled Drizzt’s heart.”

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112. “Make yer laughs where ye can, little one, because yer tears’ll chase ye and catch ye where they will.”

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113. “Nothing pains a liar more than when an opponent turns one of his lies into truth.”

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114. “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.”

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115. “To bask in the present, care nothing about the future, and forget the past.”

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116. “No, what keeps Captain Deudermont safe is his ability to show respect for anyone he meets. He is a man of charm, who holds well his personal pride. He grants respect at the outset of a meeting and continues that respect until the person forfeits it. This is very different than the way most people view the world. Most people insist that respect has to be earned, and with many, I have come to observe, earning it is no easy task!”

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117. “Our conscience is our salvation. Our questioning of everything, of right and wrong, of action and consequence, is what defines our purpose.”

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118. “I came to learn that sometimes the most difficult battles are the ones we are forced not to fight.”

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119. “Keep him well,” the dwarf finished with a wink, and he slammed the door with a bang. “He hates my door,” the wizard lamented.”

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120. “Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers.”

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121. “I have always found those who take the easier road, when they know they should be walking the more difficult one, to be cowards,” Robillard.”

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122. “No, I say. Because I cannot. I cannot dismiss that which is in my heart and conscience. I am a creature of intelligence and reason. I know what actions please me and put me at ease, and which pain me.”

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123. “So many times have I heard the common lament, “If only I could go back to that age, knowing what I now know!” Those words amuse me profoundly, for in truth, the lament should be, “If only I could reclaim the lust and the joy I knew then!”

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124. “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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125. “The world is a dark place,” Kipper replied. “But when friends join hands, it lightens.”

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126. “For what are we left with if there remains no mystery? What hope might we find if we know all of the answers?”

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127. “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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128. “There are those who cannot see the stains on their souls. Some lack the capacity to look in the glass of introspection, perhaps, and others alter reality without and within. It.”

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129. “Without satisfaction, he will find no contentment, and without contentment, he will find no joy.”

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130. “Perhaps we will meet again and do battle, and if I kill him, I will shed no tears for him. Not for who he is, at least, but quite possibly, I will cry for who this marvelous warrior might have become. If I kill him, I will be crying for myself.”

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131. “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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132. “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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133. “We seek goals as if their achievement will grant magical happiness and unending fulfillment, but is that ever the case?”

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134. “Only when we admit to our failures and recognize our weaknesses can we rise above them.”

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135. “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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136. “Always I seem doomed to protect those I most despise,” Entreri whispered.”

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137. “Fie these gods! What beings are these who would play so cruelly with the sensibilities of rational, conscientious mortals?”

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138. “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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139. “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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140. “Though many would seek short cuts to the truth, there is no way around the simplest of tenets: hardship begets achievement and achievement begets joy – true joy, and the sense of accomplishment that defines who we are as thinking beings.”

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141. “Because when we reach, when we seek that place we have only seen in our imagination, we threaten the order of things, and threaten most especially the place of those who have found a better roost.”

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142. “It is difficult to realize that you cannot win every battle for every friend.”

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143. “Under the dark evening sky, the skyscrapers seemed to become gigantic natural monoliths, and all the super-sized structures that so dominated the city, that so marked Coruscant as a monument to the ingenuity of the reasoning species, seemed somehow the mark of folly, of futile pride striving against the vastness and majesty beyond the grasp of any mortal.”

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144. “Tis the trap of competitive humanity, you see. Few men are content if others have more to be content about.”

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145. “Sometimes the sweetest juices can be found buried within the most mundane of fruits.” Entreri.”

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146. “My very survival has been based upon my belief that there is a higher purpose to this life: that principles are a reward in and of themselves. I cannot, therefore, look forward in despair, but rather with higher hopes for all in mind and with the determination that I might help to reach those heights. This.”

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147. “If this road, this series of stepping stones, leads nowhere, then so be it. I walk the road with friends, and so I have my home. – Drizzt Do’Urden.”

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148. “The unusual experiences are those that create the memories, and a tenday of memories is more life than a year of routine.”

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149. “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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150. “There is a difference between finding trouble in your path and going out of your way searching for it,” Jacen said. “We are not galactic police.”

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