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Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be. [it's a good point - pretty hard to argue with that sort of logic really isn't it!

Terry Goodkind

Want, Arguing, Logic

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

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Hands, Giving, Captains

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Teasingly she took the apple from his mouth. Juice ran down his chin. Slowly, deliberately, she leaned over and licked the sweet juice from his chin. I will have to admit though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.

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Sweet, Apples, Looks

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Her green eyes came unafraid to his. The connection was so intense that it threatened to drain his sense of self. He felt that he had always known her, that she had always been a part of him, that her needs were his needs.

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Eye, Self, Connections

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.12, Head of Zeus

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Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.

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Reality, Wizards, Contradiction

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Chainfire”, p.404, Head of Zeus

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But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.

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Magic, Vengeance, Retribution

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Blood Of The Fold”, p.95, Head of Zeus

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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.

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Love You, Light, Life Is

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.597, Head of Zeus

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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.

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Laughing, May, Like Her

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Blood Of The Fold”, p.495, Head of Zeus

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It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!

Terry Goodkind

Character, Sound, Fiction

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

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Book, Safe, Hard

Terry Goodkind (2013). “The Third Kingdom”, p.136, Macmillan

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Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.

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People, Inspire, Crime

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Stone of Tears”, p.959, RosettaBooks

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Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.

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Mistake, Character, Mark

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Naked Empire”, p.14, Head of Zeus

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I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I do. I knew I wanted to write for years, but I had to be ready so I wouldn't blow it. The move to Maine was the final step.

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Moving, Writing, Blow

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Wizards First Rule: People are Stupid

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Stupid, People, Wizards

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Kahlan stood quietly in the shadows, watching, as evil knocked softly on the door.

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Doors, Evil, Shadow

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Chainfire”, p.558, Head of Zeus

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Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.

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Understanding, Tolerance, Anarchy

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Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.

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Details, Emotion

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Confessor”, p.117, Head of Zeus

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Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to take root and grow. Eventually, a bountiful fruit of rumors burst forth, to be spread on the wind of whispers that said we hid a fabled hoard of gold. Nothing could convince the believers that it was not true. The truth does not glitter for these people like gold does.

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Wind, Roots, People

Terry Goodkind (2011). “Phantom”, p.365, Macmillan

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Do you hate me because I have magic?" "Of course not." "Do you love me despite my magic?" He thought a minute. "No. I love everything about you, and your magic is part of you. That was how I got past the Confessor's magic. If I had loved you despite your power, I wouldn't have been accepting you for who you are. Your magic would have destroyed me.

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Hate, Past, Magic

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Life for the strongest. There is no sympathy for the slain, only admiration for the winner's strength.

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Admiration, Winner, No Sympathy

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.425, Head of Zeus

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Culture carries no privilege to exist. Cultures do not have value simply because they are. Some cultures, the world is better off without.

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Culture, World, Privilege

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.270, Head of Zeus

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I am dead. Only vengeance can restore me! Only victory can return my life to me!

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Victory, Return, Vengeance

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Stone of Tears”, p.661, RosettaBooks

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Bags, and Double Bags!" - Zedd

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Bags

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

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Inspirational, Strong, Unique

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To love someone means that you sometimes are fulfilled the most by putting thier deepest desires above your own.

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Mean, Desire, Sometimes

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Confessor”, p.491, Head of Zeus

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