Terry Goodkind Quotes

But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.

Kahlan guide me. Kahlan teach me. Kahlan protect me. In your light I thrive. In your mercy I am sheltered. In your wisdom I am humbled. I live only to love you. My life is yours.

Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. "I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.

One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.

I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.

I wish people had half the honor of dragons.

Fate does not seek our consent.

It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

Wizards First Rule: People are Stupid

I am who I am; no more, no less.

To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan

We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.

...think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you were going to lose, then you couldn't think of how to win.

Right and wrong are not the product of census.

Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor.

Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.

That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.

Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.

Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.

Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.

Laugh all you want. I know my own worth and don't need to prove it to someone who doesn't know theirs.

Intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carry out the intent does not absolve the guilt.

I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.

Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

Wizard's Eighth Rule Talga Vassternich. (Deserve Victory)

Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.

I will have to admit, though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.

I never could understand why some writers treat women as helpless. Every woman I know is strong in her own unique way.

Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.

Dance with me, Death, I am ready.

But this was no ordinary chicken. This chicken was evil manifest.

You can't love anyone or anything until you love your own existence first. Love can only grow out of a respect for your own life.

The only thing you can be is yourself nothing more nothing less

If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own lives, then you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls. You think their ways are wrong. They think you are dinner.

Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing.

When you're the leader, everything is your fault.

It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.

Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.

Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.

Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.

Everybody knows it. Wizards are supposed to have beards. It's common knowledge.

Fools who won't see the truth are deadly.

You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself

Cut the attacker down, to cut them down to their very soul

Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.

Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young." - Cara

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Books served to keep hard-won knowledge safe. They endured.