I'm Trying To Make All The Characters

Hindsight, I Think, Is A Useless Tool. We, Each Of Us, Are At A Place In Our Lives Because Of Innumerable Circumstances, And We, Each Of Us, Have A Responsibility (if We Do Not Like Where We Are) To Move Along Life's Road, To Find A Better Path If This One Does Not Suit, Or To Walk Happily Along This One If It Is Indeed Our Life's Way. Changing Even The Bad Things That Have Gone Before Would Fundamentally Change Who We Are, And Whether Or Not That Would Be A Good Thing, I Believe, It Is Impossible To Predict. So I Take My Past Experiences... And Try To Regret Nothing. -drizzt Do'urden

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.

And The Real Thing Can Kill You Whether You Believe In It Or Not.

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.

...a Third [of Three] Had Died In His Bunk Of Natural Causes--for A Dagger In The Heart Quite Naturally Ends One's Life.