The Halfling's Gem (The Icewind Dale, #3; The Legend of Drizzt, #6)

by R.A. Salvatore

Bruenor spat into the water, disgusted at a world too blinded by a cover to read the book inside.

It was the same in every city and kingdom and even on the open water: organizations of thieves tolerated within limits of behavior.

“Are ye more trapped by the way the world sees ye or by the way ye see the world seein’ ye?”