" Nostalgia is possibly the greatest of the lies that we all tell ourselves. It is the glossing of the past to fit the sensibilities of the present. For some, it brings a measure of comfort, a sense of self and of source, but others, I fear, take these altered memories too far, and because of that, paralyze themselves to the realities about them. "

― , Streams of Silver (Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #5)