Hero Quotes

“What a wonderful thing are the laws that serve the whims of the powerful,” Artemis Entreri said with a snort and a disgusted shake of his head.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“You would have me lie? To what end?” Drizzt asked. “Fear is not fealty and worry is not worship.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“Because there was nothing he could do, nothing he could even pretend to do. Long ago had Drizzt Do’Urden come to understand the truth of this “worship,” that it was not strained, that it was not even given, that, truly, it was not even accepted.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“To believe in redemption is to believe in hope and rescue from any darkness.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“Of course!” Jarlaxle explained. “That’s why he fights. Hope gives him meaning. That’s why we love him. Still, you must admit that the gods are practical above all else. If the hearts of their followers change, their power will be diminished if they do not follow. Divine paradox, I think.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“Or because I believe in something greater still,” Drizzt said. “Something that speaks to justice and that which is right.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“It just was, a way of heart and belief and shared joy. It could not be created. It could not be coerced. It could not be altered. It just was.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“You have many years of life before you. Close no doors behind as you journey on.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“Because you have earned it, and I would be a lesser and petty thing to allow my surprise at your resilience, at the power of your love, to lead me to jealousy instead of, perhaps, enlightenment. And I am not a lesser and petty thing.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“She has found the truth of competition, that there is no better challenge to be found than one a person can make with herself, that the personal competition outweighs any other, and by great magnitude. Simply, the rise of a rival challenges each of us to do better and be better, and that is to be celebrated, not feared or prevented.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“We have to save him,” Kane said loudly, to the masters he knew were watching from the balcony above. “He has dedicated his entire existence to bettering himself and the world around him, and so he is a work of art, fine art, and we cannot let it be destroyed.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“My dear friend, there is always more to lose.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“If life is merely a delusion, then at what point is such delusion simply a reality?”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“Yvonnel laughed yet again, only this time, she ended with a most heartfelt and primal scream. “You are toys!” she scolded. “All of you. You are pieces on a sava board, willingly walking from square to square.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“To Ivan Bouldershoulder, if you couldn’t look a man in the eye when ending his life, then you couldn’t admit to yourself that the life needed to be ended.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero

“Such a typical misunderstanding. He is broken. Something within him is damaged. You can no more expect Drizzt to clearly unwind his twisting thoughts than you could expect a man with shattered legs to run. Just because you cannot see the injury does not mean that it isn’t there. Nor is it one that can be cured by force of will, any more than simple determination could mend shattered bones.” Jarlaxle”
― R.A. Salvatore, Hero