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21 " I never could understand why some writers treat women as helpless. Every woman I know is strong in her own unique way. "
― Terry Goodkind
22 " Richard looked up at the beautiful, big pines spreading over them, illuminated in the firelight. A spark of understanding lit in his mind. He saw the branches stretched out with murderous intent in a years-long struggle to reach the sunlight and dispatch its neighbors with its shade. Success would give space for its offspring, many of which would also shrivel in the shade of the parent. Several close neighbors of the big pine were withered and weak, victims all. It was true. The design of nature was success by murder. "
― Terry Goodkind , Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
23 " ...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. "
― Terry Goodkind , Soul of the Fire (Sword of Truth, #5)
24 " There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic. "
25 " When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane. "
― Terry Goodkind , The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth, #7)
26 " 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. "
27 " Baraccus had told her that while a number of wizards could make things, the same as the ungifted could make things, it was this component of artistic ability in creating new things that took to to another level and made the makers more than true prophets. Magda remembered the passion in his voice as he told her about such things. Making things was in his soul. Creating new things seemed to be his spark of life. "
― Terry Goodkind , The First Confessor (The Legend of Magda Searus, #1)
28 " Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be. "
― Terry Goodkind , Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, #6)
29 " The foundations of some formerly strong lands became so riddled with termites of diminished purpose, so decayed with the decadence of smug moderation, and so emaciated with the vacillating aims of appears, that even when they saw the enemy coming and did resist, they were easily toppled when the Imperial Order finally pushed. "
30 " Nicci looked up at Kahlan. “Knives are not my talent.” “It’s not hard,” Kahlan said as she pressed the handle into Nicci’s hand. “When the time is right, just stick the pointed end somewhere important in someone you really don’t like. "
― Terry Goodkind , Confessor (Sword of Truth, #11)
31 " Life is not about fulfilling a destiny. Your life has no destiny but what you make of it. And this is what I want to make of it. Barracus also told me to live the life that only I can live. He told me to have the courage to take up that calling. He was asking me to choose my destiny. Prophecy is not only about destiny, but the balance of free will. Becoming a Confessor is my calling. But it's not pre-ordained. It's a chance, a fork in the road of my life. I have to have the courage to take it on of my free will. In that way, the balance of prophecy and free will is the magic of the future. "
32 " Your destiny is to find the truth. "
33 " In the end, people believed what they wanted to believe. The truth had very little to do with it. "
― Terry Goodkind , The Third Kingdom (Sword of Truth, #13; Richard and Kahlan, #2)
34 " This was life as it should be lived—proud, reasoned, and a slave to no other man. "
35 " As it turns out, that persistence is a requirement. Thus, he would tell me, you need the dark to show the light, so you shouldn't curse darkness. You needed death to define life. "
36 " Only those you trust can betray you. "
37 " Anger is a shield for the power of the sword's magic, so that helped. "
38 " A Grace connected creating the World of life, and the world of the dead in pathways of magic. "
39 " Without delay, Tilly entered the ninth opening, a number that she knew from Baraccus had great meaning on things having to do with magic. "
40 " Eliminate the tyranny of magic from mankind. "