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02da21e
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Glory brings fame, and fame brings jealousy, and jealousy brings danger.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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bd95556
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Bene tellemara, chuchota Druzil.
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druzil
dungeons-and-dragons
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R.A. Salvatore |
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0229e26
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his words and ensuing actions--fleeing instead of fighting--had indeed put a bit of doubt in the kindly elf's not-so-closed mind.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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c02c23b
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There were two undeniable truths in the Realms: It was very easy to overestimate a drow and even easier to underestimate a dwarf.
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drow
dungeons-dragons-rpgs
dwarf
elf
fantasy
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R.A. Salvatore |
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609ca34
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It is not the world that has changed, merely my understanding of it.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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746e1f5
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Where, I wonder and I fear, does hubris end and reality overwhelm? Is this the danger of reaching too high, or am I bounded by fear that will hold me too low? Once
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R.A. Salvatore |
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8b6b9d3
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There must be more than distant hopes to sustain the joy of life. Seize
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R.A. Salvatore |
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6f4f0b5
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There's something weird going on down here. I don't know what Lando's got us into, but I've got a--" "Bad feeling about it?" Anakin finished, managing a sheepish grin at stealing his father's trademark line."
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R.A. Salvatore |
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c2bfe8a
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Are you so eager for war?" the drow asked, his face barely an inch from the elf's. "Do you long to hear the screams of the dying, lying helplessly in fields amidst rows and rows of corpses? Have you ever borne witness to that?" "Orcs!" the elf protested. Drizzt grabbed him in both hands, pulled him forward, and slammed him back against the wall. Hralien called to Drizzt, but the dark elf hardly heard it. "I have ventured outside of the Silv..
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R.A. Salvatore |
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b368996
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a person could always pretend that some future event would solve many more problems than the realization of such an event could ever bring. Drizzt
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R.A. Salvatore |
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1cc0f6b
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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. And that, I fear, for any reasoning, conscious being, would be the cruelest trick of all. --
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R.A. Salvatore |
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d67138f
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Who among us has not wondered if all the world is no more than a personal dream?
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R.A. Salvatore |
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86e0c7b
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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,
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R.A. Salvatore |
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aa1bc04
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There is a fine line between friendship and parenting, and when that line is crossed, the result is often disastrous. A parent who strives to make a true friend of his or her child may well sacrifice authority, and though that parent may be comfortable with surrendering the dominant position, the unintentional result will be to steal from that child the necessary guidance and, more importantly, the sense of security the parent is supposed t..
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R.A. Salvatore |
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8b1e510
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The best tests of character and commitment always came in moments of great stress and the most revealing moments often came in times when a person was pushed to anger.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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2d2b8ea
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The halfling was still standing, trying to straighten his dishevelled hat and fix the broken orange feather. "You know," he said nonchalantly, "sometimes is not so bad to be short." Luthien"
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R.A. Salvatore |
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6f88448
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Friendship: the word has come to mean many different things among the various races and cultures of both the Underdark and the surface of the Realms. In Menzoberranzan, friendship is generally born out of mutual profit. While both parties are better off for the union, it remains secure. But loyalty is not a tenet of drow life, and as soon as a friend believes that he will gain more without the other, the union - and likely the other's life ..
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drizzt
exile
forgotten-realms
inspirational
salvatore
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R.A. Salvatore |
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74b7d98
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My papa halfling," he answered, imitating Oliver's thick accent. "And"
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R.A. Salvatore |
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81bebf2
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Oh, by Moradin's itchy arse," grumbled Bruenor. "Scratched it, he did, and this one fell out."
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R.A. Salvatore |
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89953ab
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They live with the belief that anything is acceptable if you can get away with it, that self-gratification is the most important aspect of existence, and that power comes only to she or he who is strong enough and cunning enough to snatch it from the failing hands of those who no longer deserve
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R.A. Salvatore |
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1216c58
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The person who values community will oft be deceived and destroyed by the knave whose heart lies in selfish ambitions. For
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R.A. Salvatore |
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88fedb3
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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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R.A. Salvatore |
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e03285d
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while change is not always growth, growth is always rooted in change.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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e7db65a
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More importantly, we reduce the beauty of the universe around us to fit our hopes and to chase away our fears.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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4716f83
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any hope of prescience requires a constant questioning of what is, and a deep-seated belief in the possibility of what can be.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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23853db
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It is difficult to realize that you cannot win every battle for every friend. It is difficult to understand and accept your own limitations, and with them, the recognition that while you try to do the best you can, it will often prove inadequate. And
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R.A. Salvatore |
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287d113
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Let us say that we did battle, and I emerged the victor. By your reasoning, I would thus become the rightful King of Vaa-oh, wait. I see now. That would not serve, since I haven't the proper bloodline. What a cunning system you have there. You and all the other self-proclaimed royalty of Faerun. By your conditions, you alone are kings and queens and lords and ladies of court. You alone matter, while the peasant grovels and kneels in the mud..
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entreri
libertarianism
sellswords
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R.A. Salvatore |
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3c77510
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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.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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2cfdb0f
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It struck Drizzt as a simple truth, a plain reminder of how unknown the world about him really was, even to those, like Deudermont, who had spent the bulk of their lives on the sea. This watery world, and the great creatures that inhabited it, moved to rhythms that he could never truly understand. That realization, along with the fact that the horizon from every angle was nothing but flat water, reminded Drizzt of how small they really were..
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R.A. Salvatore |
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dd7fc68
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Drizzt revealed a small pouch hanging on a fine silver chain around his neck. "A few baubles," he explained. "I need no riches and doubt that I would be able to carry much out of here, anyway! A few baubles will suffice." He sifted through the portion of the pile he had just freed from the ice, uncovering a gem-encrusted sword pommel, its black adamantite hilt masterfully sculpted into the likeness of the toothed maw of a hunting cat. The l..
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R.A. Salvatore |
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1c6d704
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Where in the nine hells did you ever find the notion that I would fight fair?" -Drizzt Do'Urden"
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humor
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R.A. Salvatore |
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201bc90
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Obould stuck it in deep, and stuck it hard,
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R.A. Salvatore |
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891e5eb
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They waded around the circle of battle, cautiously stalking and measuring each other for hints of weakness. Wulfgar noted the impatience on Heafstaag's face, a common flaw among barbarian warriors. He would have been much the same were it not for the blunt lessons of Drizzt Do'Urden. A thousand humiliating slaps from the drow's scimitars had taught Wulfgar that the first blow was not nearly as important as the last.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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1f0cb53
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Of all the crowns that Bruenor had worn or would, none was more important than that of Father.
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emotional
inspirational
journey
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R.A. Salvatore |
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2d86a72
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Behold Akar Kessell, the Tyrant of Icewind Dale!" he cried. "People of Ten-Towns, your master has come!" "Your words are a bit premature--" Cassius began, but Kessell cut him short with a frenzied scream. "Never interrupt me!" the wizard shouted,"
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R.A. Salvatore |
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63a0c7e
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Not a facade of cockiness to hide deeper insecurities, but a true self-belief and measured evaluation of what she could and could not accomplish.
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R.A. Salvatore |
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8ce6489
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So now I got a granddaughter from a son who's not me own, and a daughter o' his that's not his own," Bruenor said some time later, he and Drizzt having gone back to their respective drinks for a few reflective moments. "Ye'd think that one of us would've figured out that half the fun's in makin' the damn brats!"
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R.A. Salvatore |
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6afc589
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a nice landing, boys," Bruenor called as he broke free of the fall. "Give the rocks a big kiss for me!"
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R.A. Salvatore |
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54e8ed6
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A drow and a dwarf, a dwarf and a drow, a hunnerd times better'n a fox and a cow! Bwahaha!" Athrogate added with unbridled enthusiasm."
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R.A. Salvatore |
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f2e8ab0
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But there remained a reflective solitude behind that laughter, that nagging sense of completion that didn't sit well on the shoulders of a woman who had just begun to open her eyes to the wide world.
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solitude
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R.A. Salvatore |
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eca16fb
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Drizzt
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R.A. Salvatore |
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7a31bd4
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Drizzt Do'Urden
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R.A. Salvatore |
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4dc4d45
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Who are these gods we serve, this pantheon of the Realms, so rich and powerful and varied? If there is a universal truth, how then are there so many realizations of that truth, many similar, but each with rituals or specific demands to separate one from the other, sometimes by minute degree, sometimes by diametric opposition? How can this be? Yet there is universal truth, I believe--perhaps this is my one core belief!--and if that is so, th..
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R.A. Salvatore |
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c9b6f22
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By Moradin's arm and Clangeddin's horn, by Dumathoin's tricks and Delzoun true born, open I tell ye, open yer gates! Me name's Athrogate, me blood's Delzoun, and I'm told me home awaits!
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R.A. Salvatore |