...a third [of three] had died in his bunk of natural causes--for a dagger in the heart quite naturally ends one's life.

There's way too much pain in this business for anyone who doesn't HAVE to write.

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

A king is a man strong of character and conviction who leads by example and truly cares for the suffering of his people,not a brute who rules simply because he is the strongest.

We need to be reminded sometimes that a sunrise last but a few minutes. But its beauty can burn in our hearts eternally.

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

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