Farewell, My Friend," Drizzt Whispered, Trying Futilely

As I Became A Creature Of The Empty Tunnels, Survival Became Easier And More Difficult All At Once. I Gained In The Physical Skills And Experience Necessary To Live On. I Could Defeat Almost Anything That Wandered Into My Chosen Domain. It Did Not Take Me Long, However, To Discover One Nemesis That I Could Neither Defeat Nor Flee. It Followed Me Wherever I Went - Indeed, The Farther I Ran, The More It Closed In Around Me. My Enemy Was Solitude, The Interminable, Incessant Silence Of Hushed Corridors.

There Is No Way Of Truly Knowing Where A Road Will Lead Until It Is Walked.

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

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.

Joy Multiplies When It Is Shared Among Friends, But Grief Diminishes With Every Division. That Is Life.