Terry Goodkind Quotes

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• If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

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  Truth, Adversity, Survival

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.277, Head of Zeus

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• Love is a passion for life shared with another person. You fall in love with a person who you think is wonderful. It's your deepest appreciation of the value of that individual, and that individual is a reflection of what you value most in life. Love, for sound reasons, can be one of life's greatest rewards.

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  Appreciation, Falling In Love, Passion

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Chainfire”, p.175, Head of Zeus

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• I'm afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can't be corrected and it festers. On the other hand, if we give up just because we made a mistake, even a big mistake, none of us would get far in life.

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  Giving Up, Mistake, Lying

  Terry Goodkind (2011). “Confessor”, p.180, Macmillan

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• The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

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  Motivation, Stupid, Believe

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• Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

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  Weapons

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Temple Of The Winds”, p.141, Head of Zeus

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• Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything.

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  Reality, Perception, Irrelevant

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• The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From this irreducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. This is the foundation from which life is embraced. Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality–it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see." -Richard

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  Mean, Reality, Thinking

  Terry Goodkind (2010). “Faith of the Fallen”, p.31, Macmillan

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• We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

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  Helping Others, Rewards, Needed

  Terry Goodkind (2018). “Debt of Bones”, p.96, Tor Fantasy

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• ...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are; that was why you liked them in the first place.

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  Friendship, Caring, Care

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Blood of the Fold”, p.465, RosettaBooks

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• People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.

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  Lying, Stupid, Believe

  "Wizard's First Rule". Book by Terry Goodkind, August 15, 1994.

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• Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

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  Mean, Choices, Charity

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “The Pillars Of Creation”, p.253, Head of Zeus

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• Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

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  Being Yourself, Individuality, Life Is

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• Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

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  Honesty, Liars, Crowns

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.557, Head of Zeus

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• Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

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  Fighting, Knowing, Important

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• When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

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  Crazy, World, Pay

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “The Pillars Of Creation”, p.202, Head of Zeus

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• Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

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  Fate, Way

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Temple Of The Winds”, p.67, Head of Zeus

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• If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it; you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.

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  Men, Matter, Should

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Naked Empire”, p.327, Head of Zeus

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• Think of the solution, not the problem

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  Thinking, Problem, Prison Break

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.90, Head of Zeus

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• The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

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  Fear, Night, Light

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “The First Confessor: Sword of Truth: The Prequel”, p.425, Head of Zeus

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• 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.

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  People, Effort, Risk

  Terry Goodkind (2010). “Chainfire”, p.85, Macmillan

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• Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.

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  Steps, Sometimes, Known

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “The First Confessor: Sword of Truth: The Prequel”, p.143, Head of Zeus

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• Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.

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  Courage, Choices, Sometimes

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.292, Head of Zeus

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• If you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige, but you will find the price is your choices, your freedom, your life itself. They will do for you, and as a result you will be in bondage to them forever, having given your identity away for a paltry price. Then, and only then, you will be a nobody, a slave, because you yourself and nobody else made it so.

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  Choices, Forever, Identity

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• I love you," she whispered. Richard pulled her tight against him. His fingers traced a trail down the bumps of her spine. "I feel so frustrated that there aren't any better words than "I love you,"" he said. "It doesn't seem enough for the way I feel about you. I'm sorry there aren't any better words to tell you." "They are words enough for me." "Then, I love you, Kahlan. A thousand times, a million times, I love you. Forever.

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  Sorry, Love You, Forever

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Stone Of Tears”, p.69, Head of Zeus

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• Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.

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  Love Is, Finding Happiness, Want

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