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“Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique causes. I know now that when I die, I will live on. That which is important will live on. This is my Legacy; and by the grace of the gods, I am not alone.”
― R.A. Salvatore

“You view the gods as entities without," Montolio tried to explain. "You see them as physical beings trying to control our actions for their own ends, and thus you, in your stubborn independance, reject them. The gods are within, I say, whether one has named his own or not. You have followed Mielikki all your life, Drizzt. You merely never had a name to put on your heart.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn

“Do we behave out of fear of punishment, or out of the demands of our heart? For me, it is the latter, as I would hope is true for all adults, thought I know from bitter experience that such is not often the case. To act in a manner designed to catapult you into heaven would seem transparent to a god, any god,for if ones heart is not in allignment with the creator of that heaven, then... what is the point?”
― R.A. Salvatore, The Ghost King

“The gods of the realms are many and varied -- or they are the many and varied names and identities tagged onto the same being. I know not -- and care not -- which.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn

“You think to turn these prisoners to our cause?鈥� asked Jarlaxle.

鈥淭hese little acts of mercy,鈥� Drizzt said, then looked at Kimmuriel and emphatically clarified, 鈥渨hen and where we can offer such, will cost us little and possibly bring great rewards as the war continues. Let the priests and wizards of the houses of our prisoners scry for them and learn that we are not acting cruelly.鈥�

鈥淭hey鈥檒l think it weakness,鈥� Kimmuriel warned.

鈥淪ome will, and perhaps some will not,鈥� said Drizzt. 鈥淎nd then that will be their weakness. But more importantly, we know the truth of it. We鈥檒l fight this war and win this war, but we must do so without losing our own souls, else what鈥檚 the point?鈥�

Jarlaxle appeared impressed and looked to Kimmuriel, who didn鈥檛 argue.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Of all the traits I find important in those with whom I surround myself, the one that matters most to me is the value of that person鈥檚 word. Without that, there is no trust. Without trust, there is no chance at any true relationship.

People who know me and see that I am friends with Jarlaxle might wonder about this, but the truth of Jarlaxle is that he has honor, that he would not coerce or lie or cheat on any matter of importance. He is a game player, and will bend the rules to his advantage more often than not, but he is not a malicious person and wouldn鈥檛 lie to his friends if he knew it would cause harm.

Take his effect on Artemis Entreri: It cannot be understated.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“For too often with these very powerful individuals, their true gift is a curse: they are simply not bounded by decency, and their ruthlessness that so many praise is to the detriment of them and鈥攎ost important鈥攐f those around them. They are foul beyond the expectations of those they dupe.

Coercing a populace to get behind you by lying to them isn鈥檛 brilliant. Great orators playing an audience based on their predisposed beliefs鈥攐r, worse, fears鈥攂y making promises they know they cannot keep isn鈥檛 a sign of brilliance or intelligence. Nay, it鈥檚 merely a clear indication of a lack of ethics and character.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“For five long years Vierna devoted almost every waking moment to the care of baby Drizzt. In drow society, this was not so much nurturing time as indoctrinating time.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Homeland

“Oh no, dear sister,鈥� purred Ilnezhara.
鈥淚 think the drow has a dancer鈥檚 chance.鈥�

鈥淎 bet, then, sister!鈥� Tazmikella said. 鈥淚f Drizzt wins, you may take him for your own physical . . . competition. If Kane wins, I鈥檒l eat the drow!鈥�

鈥淪plendid!鈥� Ilnezhara agreed.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e joking,鈥� Drizzt told Kane as the two walked away toward a flat and open bit of ground, and he certainly hoped he was correct.

鈥淥ne never knows with dragons,鈥� the monk replied.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Glacier's Edge

“Thus, when Jarlaxle yelled, Drizzt looked to him and followed his gaze, and heard in the rogue鈥檚 voice a level of panic and terror so very rare coming from that one. He didn鈥檛 question, he didn鈥檛 hesitate.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Glacier's Edge

“Catti-brie once said to me that perhaps I was more constrained by the way I saw other people seeing me, and there is truth to that little semantic twist. But it went deeper, went to the core of who Drizzt Do鈥橴rden truly was鈥攐r, more importantly, of who I ever feared I might be or might become. The expectation of others is an often-crippling weight. I lived under that weight. And as strong as I am, as much as I鈥檝e trained my mind, body, and soul, I see now how it stooped my shoulders just enough to not be able to truly stand tall around my companions. To want to hide, if even in the secret part of my brain, all the things they might have perceived about me and other drow. But now I have the answer. Now we all have the answer, even those companions who perhaps never directly asked the question, and it is a wondrous thing:

We drow are not flawed. We are not lesser. We are not malignant by any measure of nature.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“I do not know how high the ladder of evil deeds such truth climbs, honestly. I have seen wicked dictators of every species and culture to match the vileness of the most zealous Lolthian priestess. I have witnessed truly evil people, from dwarfs to halflings to humans to elves to drow, and everything in between and every species or culture only a bit removed. So perhaps there are some individuals who have within them a natural evil. Or perhaps even with them, even with the most wicked, like Matron Zhindia Melarn or the magistrates of Luskan鈥檚 carnival, who torture accused criminals with such glee, there were steps in the earlier days of their personal journey which corrupted them and brought them to their present state. That is a question that I doubt will ever show an answer, nor is that answer truly the most important factor, for in the present, in the moment, in their own actions, these folk, as with us all, bear responsibility.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Fear is a powerful weapon, and the tragic result of a despot is a tale too often told, and even easier to see in the more transient societies of the shorter-living peoples. I have seen kingdoms of humans taken to bad end by a lord with evil designs鈥攚e saw this with Lord Neverember and the Waterdhavian houses corrupted for personal gain. These are among the most predictable and saddest tales in the annals of the human societies, where one state or another decides to wage war, to steal land or resources from a neighbor.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Bah, but ye鈥檙e all a lot o鈥� fools,鈥� Catti-brie mumbled, and her reversion to her dwarven brogue told Drizzt that he was surely in for a long night.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Cheating in a physical competition, as I learned most painfully in my years at the academy, doesn鈥檛 make you a better swordsman鈥攊n fact, the result might prove quite the opposite.

Selling someone a miracle cure or coaxing them into a transaction that is meant to simply take their gold doesn鈥檛 make you a titan of business in any moral universe.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“You know my history with Dahlia,鈥� Catti-brie protested.

鈥淵ou know Dahlia鈥檚 history with Drizzt.鈥� 鈥淪o do not ever forget it. But forgive it. That is what we do, is it not?鈥�

Catti-brie really didn鈥檛 have an answer for that. But it didn鈥檛 matter. 鈥淵ou have a deal,鈥� she told Entreri.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“No surrender,鈥� Drizzt heard Jarlaxle mutter, and it was all he needed to hear. He could feel the tingling energy of the curtain and the heat of the flames within, but he agreed with Jarlaxle. To the death.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“I鈥檓 touched that you鈥檇 think I鈥檇 die for you,鈥� Jarlaxle told him. 鈥淏ut get out now!鈥� As he spoke, he was removing his hat. Drizzt knew what was in there and suspected that Jarlaxle had the escape all planned out.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Malagdorl came on with seeming abandon, Khazid鈥檋ea flashing across with wild slashes, the trident following, sometimes a slash, sometimes a stab. Drizzt kept moving, left, right, and back, looking for openings, con fident he could keep ahead of the purely straightforward barrage. He was surprised by the brutish and unsophisticated tactics, but understood that Malagdorl鈥檚 sheer power would overwhelm most fighters, after all. Perhaps the weapon master had abandoned all finesse in his supreme confidence. Or maybe it was just a feint, a lure to force Drizzt into a more prosaic response, to get him in close.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Have you met my protector?鈥� Malagdorl taunted and laughed again鈥攐r started to, until a ball of flying blackness rose up behind the wizard, slammed into the wizard, and drove him over the wall and crashing to the ground, six hundred pounds of feline fury landing atop him. 鈥淚 have,鈥� Drizzt said. 鈥淗ave you met mine?”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Drizzt paused only long enough to grab the trident and Khazid鈥檋ea. Wield me! the sentient sword rang in his mind. Oh, true warrior, I have returned to you!

鈥淥h, shut up,鈥� Drizzt replied and slid the silly thing into one of his scabbards, caring not at all for the awkward fit in a sheath meant for a scimitar.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“It is hardly just the matrons and their priestesses, though. As this has sorted, there seem many more against our revolution than for it.鈥�

鈥淔or many reasons, though,鈥� Zak reminded.

鈥淔ear of their matrons and of Lolth, of course. Or simply fear of this unknown future the Baenres have offered. They know the way it鈥檚 been, for the entirety their lives, even for those whose lives have spanned centuries. They know their place within that truth. They know the boundaries, the lines not to cross, the acts that give them gain and those that offer only pain. What do they know of this promised world beyond Lolth, particularly when it, too, from their perspective at least, will be under the designs of House Baenre?”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“You came here thinking of this as a war against Lolth and all that she stood for,鈥� Zak offered. 鈥淧erhaps we think of it instead as a rescue mission to get those who would abandon Lolth out of this prison she has built within this cavern.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Malagdorl Armgo had not been able to knock the legs out from under Drizzt.

Grandmaster Kane had not been able to knock the legs out from under Drizzt.

A pair of dragon sisters had not been able to knock the legs out from under Drizzt.

Ygorl, the slaadi god, had not been able to knock the legs out from under Drizzt.

But now his legs would not hold him, and he fell to the ground, gasping, then sobbing”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Drizzt was next down the slide, chased by Catti-brie and Breezy, with the little girl barely able to see under the brim of the one-horned helm she had stolen from her grandfather.

It was all so simple, so gloriously play, just play. These were the moments, Drizzt realized then, as Catti-brie had come to know on a day very similar to this one. And as with his wife, for Drizzt, it was a reminder, not an epiphany. This simple little play was what made life worth it.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Pops Zak!鈥� Breezy said, and Drizzt laughed with joy.

鈥淥h, by the gods,鈥� Catti-brie lamented.

鈥淲hat?鈥� Drizzt and Jarlaxle asked in unison.

鈥淲hen this one witnesses cazzcalci,鈥� she said, looking pointedly at Drizzt, 鈥渨e鈥檒l never get him back home.鈥�

鈥淢aybe he鈥檒l already be at home,鈥� Jarlaxle offered.

鈥淚 take my home with me,鈥� Drizzt said, ending the debate. Catti-brie hugged him, their daughter wrapping her arms around them both, completing the circle.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior

“Zak was able to smile at situations that didn鈥檛 necessarily bring pain to anyone. He was the first drow Drizzt had met who was apparently content with his station in life. Zak was the first drow Drizzt had ever heard laugh.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Homeland

“Despair washed over him suddenly with the thought that Catti-brie might already be dead, but the ranger pushed it away, reminded himself to trust her, to trust that she could take care of herself.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Starless Night

“Dare I?鈥� Drizzt shot back. 鈥淵ou speak of Catti-brie as if she were your possession. I heard you tell her, command her, to remain behind when we go to the goblins.鈥�

鈥淵ou overstep your bounds,鈥� Wulfgar warned.

鈥淵ou puff like a drunken orc,鈥� Drizzt returned, and he thought the analogy strangely fitting.”
― R.A. Salvatore, The Legacy: Legend of Drizzt

“I put the question simply, what will the folk of Mithral Hall do if you are killed on the road?

His answer was even more simple and obvious: they鈥檒l do better than if I went home and hid!”
― R.A. Salvatore, The Thousand Orcs