81+ R. A. Salvatore Quotes On Salvation, Bible And And Marriage

R. A. Salvatore is a New York Times best-selling American fantasy author. He is best known for his DemonWars Saga, as well as for creating the popular character Drizzt Do'Urden. Salvatore has written over 50 novels and has sold more than 15 million copies of his books in the United States alone. Following is our collection on famous quotes by R. A. Salvatore on salvation, love, bible.

Top 10 R. A. Salvatore Quotes

1. We need to be reminded sometimes that a sunrise last but a few minutes. But its beauty can burn in our hearts eternally.
2. Beware the engineers of society, I say, who would make everyone in all the world equal. Opportunitty should be equal, must be equal, but achievement must remain individual. - Drizzt Do'Urden
3. Change is not always growth, but growth is often rooted in change. Drizzt Do'Urden
4. First blood is mine. Last blood counts for more. --Artemis Entreri and Drizzt Do'Urden
5. I'm a working-class kid from a blue-collar New England family.
6. 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?
7. The parry is wrong." - Drizzt Do'Urden
8. Never seem to have a Death Star lying around when you need one.” -Han Solo
9. I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong.
10. 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.

R. A. Salvatore Short Quotes

• Writing is an incredibly lonely job.
• There's way too much pain in this business for anyone who doesn't HAVE to write.
• I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.
• There is no way of truly knowing where a road will lead until it is walked.
• A world without dragons is a world not worth living in.
• Artemis Entreri: Do not underestimate Jarlaxle. Many have; they all are dead.
• I'm trying to make all the characters change and grow, or regress.
• And the real thing can kill you whether you believe in it or not.
• I've spared with demons from the Nine Hells themselves, I shall barely break a sweat here today.
• If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.

R. A. Salvatore Quotes About Love

I will always love you Drizzt Do'Urden my life was full and without regret because I knew you and was completed by you. Sleep well, my love. — R. A. Salvatore

I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read that didn't excite me and didn't even remotely connect to the realities of my life. — R. A. Salvatore

Because everything of value that we will know in this life comes from our relationships with those around us. Because there is nothing material that measures against the intangibles of love and friendship. — R. A. Salvatore

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. — R. A. Salvatore

I don't have to prove my worth and value to any but those I love, and that I do by being who I am, with confidence that those I love appreciate the good and accept the bad. Does anything else really matter? — R. A. Salvatore

I loved the world of imagination. — R. A. Salvatore

Take your love and your pleasure as you find it. Do not worry so much of the future that you let today pass you by. you are happy. need you know more than that? — R. A. Salvatore

R. A. Salvatore Quotes About Fantasy

Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. — R. A. Salvatore

Because in fantasy perhaps more than in any other genre, the character is rewarded for making the right choices and punished for making the bad. Ask Boromir. — R. A. Salvatore

I need no fantasies to belittle the great treasures that I already possess. — R. A. Salvatore

No one will ever write a fantasy novel better than The Hobbit. — R. A. Salvatore

R. A. Salvatore Famous Quotes And Sayings

But what of faith? What of fidelity and loyalty? Complete trust? Faith is not granted by tangible proof. It comes from the heart and the soul. If a person needs proof of god's existence, then the very notion of spirituality is diminished into sensuality and we have reduced what is holy into what is logical.-Drizzt Do'urden — R. A. Salvatore

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

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

i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am walking the true road, if i am slain, then i die in the knowledge that for a brief time, at least, i was part of somethin bigger. this road has perils and i will surely die on it,but, i am not afraid to die. — R. A. Salvatore

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. — R. A. Salvatore

In the past, TSR and now Wizards of the Coast have asked me to do game stats for my characters, and I'm never comfortable doing that. It's all relative after all. — R. A. Salvatore

Luck?" Drizzt replied. "Perhaps. But more often, I dare to say, luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in excuting the correct course of action. — R. A. Salvatore

Loss of empathy might well be the most enduring and deep-cutting scar of all, the silent blade of an unseen emey, tearing at our hearts and stealing more than our strength- Drizzt Do'Urden — R. A. Salvatore

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

I have come to know that it [death] is an important thing to keep in mind - not to complain or to make melancholy, but simply because only with the honest knowledge that one day I will die I can ever truly begin to live. — R. A. Salvatore

There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable. — R. A. Salvatore

No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith. — R. A. Salvatore

Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader to suspend disbelief, to buy into the logic and boundaries of your world, even though those boundaries might include things like dragons and magic. — R. A. Salvatore

To any intelligent being, there is no emotion more important than hope. Individually or collectively, we must hope that the future will be better than the past, that our offspring, and theirs after them, will be a bit closer to an ideal society, whatever our perception of that might be... It is at those times when we feel we are contributing to that ultimate end... we feel true elation. — R. A. Salvatore

It is more difficult by far to be independent of our own inner shackles than it is of the shackles that others might place upon us. — R. A. Salvatore

I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively. — R. A. Salvatore

The meekest of animals will fight bravely when it is backed against a wall, for it has nothing left to lose. A poor man is more deadly than a rich man because he puts less value on his own life. — R. A. Salvatore

There is one other error in the Gondsman's line of resoning, I believe, on ap urely emotional level. If machines replace achievement, then to what will people aspire? And who are we, truly, without such goals? Beware the engineers of society, I say, who would make everyone in all the world equal. Opportunity should be equal, must be equal, but achievement must remain individual. — R. A. Salvatore

Follow your heart, minute by minute and day by day. Let the course of the river run as it will, instead of tying yourself up in fears that you may never realize" Wulfgar — R. A. Salvatore

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. — R. A. Salvatore

"A man inferior with the blade or with his thoughts can still so elevate himself," Entreri explained curtly, "if he can impart the belief that some god or other speaks through him. It is the greatest deception in all the world and one embraced by kings and lords, while the minor lying thieves on the streets or Calimport and other cities lose their tongues for so attempting to coax the purses of others." — R. A. Salvatore

A span of a few heartbeats can make for a greater memory than the sum of a mundane year.-Catti-brie — R. A. Salvatore

To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even those of your enemy — R. A. Salvatore

It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade. — R. A. Salvatore

To grant the power of a weapon master to anyone at all, without effort, without training and proof that the lessons have taken hold, is to deny the responsibility that comes with such power. — R. A. Salvatore

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

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

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. — R. A. Salvatore

There is a difference between finding trouble in your path and going out of your way searching for it.” -Jacen Solo — R. A. Salvatore

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

Drizzt Do'Urden had followed a line of precepts based upon discipline and ultimate optimism. He fought for a better world because he believed that a better world could and would be made. He had never held any illusions that he would change the world, of course, or even a substantial portion of it, but he always held strongly that fighting to better just his own little pocket of the world was a worthwhile cause. — R. A. Salvatore

I am sorry," was all Drizzt could quietly mouth. Vierna shook her head, refusing any apology. To Drizzt, it seemed as if that buried part of her that was Zaknafein Do'Urden's daughter approved of this ending. — R. A. Salvatore

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

These were the companions who justified my principles, who gave me the strength to continue against any foe, real or imagined. These were the companions who fought the helplessness, the rage, and frustration. These were the friends who gave me my life. — R. A. Salvatore

There is a place within each of us where we cannot hide from the truth, where virtue sits as judge. To admit the truth of our actions is to go before that court, where process is irrelevant. Good and evil are intents, and intent is without excuse. — 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

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

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. — R. A. Salvatore

Regweld is really a fine wizard," he continued, patting the shoulder again. "And his ideas for crossbreeding a horse and a frog are not without merit; never mind the explosion! Alchemy shops can be replaced! — R. A. Salvatore

Never confuse honor with stupidity! — R. A. Salvatore

Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights. — R. A. Salvatore

Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly. — R. A. Salvatore

emotion clouds the rational, and many perspectives guide the full reality. To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even those of your enemy. It is to know the past and to use such relevant history as a template for expectations. It is, most of all, to force reason ahead of instinct, to refuse to demonize that which you hate, and to, most of all, accept your own fallibility. — R. A. Salvatore

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

Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales. — R. A. Salvatore

Everyone dies. It is how one lives that matters. — R. A. Salvatore

Truth, though, is nothing in the face of self-falsehood, and principles are of no value if the idealist cannot live up to his own standards. — R. A. Salvatore

Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure. — R. A. Salvatore

Drizzt had always suspected it, but now it was confirmed, that "welcome" was his favortie word in the Common Tongue, and a word, he understood with no equivalent in the language of the drow. — R. A. Salvatore

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 — R. A. Salvatore

Life Lessons by R. A. Salvatore

1. R. A. Salvatore's work emphasizes the importance of perseverance and dedication to reach one's goals. He also shows that even in the face of overwhelming odds, it is possible to find strength and courage to overcome any obstacle. Lastly, his stories demonstrate the power of friendship and loyalty, and how it can help us to achieve our dreams.