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No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.
R. A. Salvatore
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R. A. Salvatore
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: January 20
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Leominster
Massachusetts
Robert Anthony Salvatore
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We are all prisoners at one time or another in our lives, prisoners to ourselves or to the expectations of those around us. It is a burden that all people endure, that all people despise, and that few people ever learn to escape.
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i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am walking the true road, if i am slain, then i die in the knowledge that for a brief time, at least, i was part of somethin bigger. this road has perils and i will surely die on it,but, i am not afraid to die.
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I am no longer amazed by how quickly a man will justify his change of heart when a spear is leveled his way.
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I've spared with demons from the Nine Hells themselves, I shall barely break a sweat here today.
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I'm a working-class kid from a blue-collar New England family.
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