I am no longer amazed by how quickly a man will justify his change of heart when a spear is leveled his way.

To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even those of your enemy

Farewell is said by the living, in life, every day. It is said with love and friendship, with the affirmation that the memories are lasting if the flesh is not.

First blood is mine. Last blood counts for more. --Artemis Entreri and Drizzt Do'Urden

How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?

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

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.