Farewell, my friend," Drizzt whispered, trying futilely to keep his voice from breaking. :This journey you make alone.

I need no fantasies to belittle the great treasures that I already possess.

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

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

We are all prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around us. It is a burden that all people endure, that all people despise, and that few people ever learn to escape.

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

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.