Sojourn Quotes
"This would be perhaps his hundredth dawn, and he knew well the sting the searing light would bring to his lavender eyes."
"He accepted the light as his purgatory, a pain necessary if he was to follow his chosen path."
"The sun climbed higher and tears rolled out of the drow’s squinting lavender eyes."
"The society that I had run away from, a world of secret dealings and treacherous conspiracies, could not exist in the open spaces under the light of day."
"I know now that my time in the sun was more than mere desire to adapt to the ways of the surface world."
"I had battled Zaknafein then, his father and mentor and dearest friend."
"Even if I become no more than insubstantial, gray smoke blowing away in the chill mountain breeze, I will retain my principles and dignity."
"A familiar buzzing noise shook Drizzt from his contemplations."
"The sunny day brightened, but a chill breeze blew down off the mountains."
"The thoughts weighed heavily on Drizzt; again he had disrupted the lives of those around him simply by showing his face."
"Drizzt spent the rest of that day moving about the brush, setting trip wires and digging shallow pits."
"No candles were lighted within the farmhouse to defeat the deepening gloom."
"The word 'drizzit' chimed painfully in his mind at the sight of the sandy-haired lad."
"Unable to find his breath, Drizzt ran from the house."
"I just rode in from Silverymoon," Dove Falconhand replied indignantly.
"Drizzt understood his disadvantage in the situation."
"Scimitar in one hand, the sprite's dagger in another, Drizzt stalked up the stony hill."
"No, you shall not!" Kempfana bellowed, crawling then running in pursuit.
"Drizzt again fought with his decision to avenge the farmers' deaths."
"He would have preferred a more civilized justice, a lawful court, but what was he to do?"
"Drizzt took two precautions before he set out on the murderer's trail."
"Drizzt knew as soon as he managed to crawl to his feet that he could not fight another battle this day."
"The trail dipped into a small grouping of variously sized trees."
"Drizzt knew then that his pursuers would not escape."
"Drizzt fought hard to hold his concentration on the effort."
"Despite his determination, Drizzt felt increasingly heavy on the air."
"All drow, even the lowest ranking, can create globes of darkness. It is not such a difficult task."
"To climb [the strict structure of rank in Menzoberranzan], to attain a higher rank, whether as an individual or a family, you simply eliminate those above you."
"My mother killed my father, sacrificed him to Lloth for my crimes, then animated his corpse and sent it out to kill me."
"The harshness of the world brings great remorse, but mercifully it is a passing lament and certainly not one to carry into battle."
"It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them."
"You underestimated me, drow. You considered me blind and helpless. Never do that again!"
"First the nasty drow and now this brute! Am I never to be rid of these troublemakers?"
"A single mental echo of 'drizzit' vanquished hours of Montolio’s well-intended advice."
"Gradually they came closer together, leaving Drizzt with hopes that he had found a friend as true as Belwar or even Zaknafein."
"Drow elf, Mooshie," Roddy McGristle was saying, holding a broken scimitar out for the old ranger to see."
"I have no need of your gold," Montolio quickly replied.
"Sad day," Montolio muttered. "Fine family, indeed. Catch the drow, McGristle. It would be the best bounty you ever earned."
"I knew before you came here," the ranger answered. "Honestly, I wondered if you did it, at first."
"Release your guilt for that act and let it fall to nothingness."
"You have not often been bested in battle," Montolio replied, recognizing the source of Drizzt’s frustrations."
"In the world of drow, ambition was the only purpose, the seeking of material gains that came with increased rank."
"To join that song, one must find inner harmony, must find the notes that ring true."
"There is good and bad in every race," Montolio explained.
"The hawk did not cry—I have become aware enough to know that."
"You trusted in your knowledge to dispute my claims."
"Let me tell you a few tricks when approaching a skittish deer!"
"You have much more before you than this, I hope."
"The former keeps you on the path of growth, and the latter makes the journey tolerable."
"Promise me now that you will reconsider your course when I am no more."
"It was you whom I sought, and now I have found you and am not disappointed!"
"What god has come down to you, mighty Hephaestus, and blessed you with such a spectacle of power?"
"I have come from Mirabar, to Ten-Towns to reside in peace."
"I am a ranger, well trained in the ways of nature and in the use of my weapons."
"You have taken a great risk in coming out here all by yourself."
"There's a dark elf there, by Cassius's telling. On yer word!"
"He who can fight is most often hailed as the hero and given generous applause. There is more to the mantle of 'hero,' I say, than strength of arm or prowess in battle."
"I have battled vile human assassins, witnessed human wizards so caught up in their power that they mercilessly destroyed all other beings in their paths."
"Of all the races in the known realms, none is more confusing, or more confused, than humans."
"My very survival has been based upon my belief that there is a higher purpose to this life: that principles are a reward in and of themselves."
"Whenever I remove myself from the excitement and consider the whole more fully, though, I lament that things could not have been different."
"There should be a better way than the sword."
"The surface elves hold out hope in the end. They who have lived the longest and seen the birth of many centuries take faith that the human race will mature to goodness."
"None of these warriors, though, outshines a young girl I came to know when I first traveled across Ten-Towns. Of all the people I have ever met, none has held themselves to higher standards of honor and decency than Catti?brie."