Artemis Entreri: Do not underestimate Jarlaxle. Many have; they all are dead.

There is no pain greater than this; not the cut of a jagged-edged dagger nor the fire of a dragon's breath. Nothing burns in your heart like the emptiness of losing something, someone, before you truly have learned of its value.

Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.

It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them... At least he who reaches will get a good stretch, a good view, and perhaps even a low-hanging apple for his efforts.

I'm a working-class kid from a blue-collar New England family.

If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.

It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.