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141 " You mean that it’s not only what he does that makes him dangerous, but also what he feels justified in doing? "
― Terry Goodkind , Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
142 " I add my oath of protection to the bone,' he said in a whisper. 'To you now and to any child you may bear in the future. I would trade no day I spend with you for a life of safe slavery. I accepted the post of Seeker of my own free will. And if Darken Rahl takes the whole world into madness, then we will die with a sword in our hands, not chains on our wings. We will not allow it to be easy for them to kill us; they will pay a high price. We will fight with our last breath if need be, and in our death, let us inflict a wound on him that will fester until it claims him. "
143 " Take care, Seeker. You have the gift. Use it. Use everything you have to fight. Don't give in. Don't let him rule you. If you are to die, die fighting with everything you have, everything you know. That is the way of a dragon. "
144 " It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard "
― Terry Goodkind , Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, #6)
145 " Only you can achieve self-worth for yourself. Any group offering it to you, or demanding it of you, comes bearing chains of slavery. "
― Terry Goodkind , Naked Empire (Sword of Truth, #8)
146 " The Spiritist is said to be a dangerous woman. "
― Terry Goodkind , The First Confessor (The Legend of Magda Searus, #1)
147 " I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers. "
― Terry Goodkind
148 " Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid "
149 " Your life is your own. Rise up and live it. "
150 " Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence. "
151 " 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. "
― Terry Goodkind , Chainfire (Sword of Truth, #9)
152 " There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or deeds that are wicked, and in the worst of us, at least some virtue. An adversary is not one who does loathsome acts for their own sake. He always has a reason that to him is justification. My cat eats mice. Does that make him bad? I don't think so, and the cat doesn't think so, but I would bet the mice have a different opinion. "
153 " You can't argue with the fools in the world. It's better to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention. "
154 " Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning. "
155 " Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it. "
156 " The first law of reason is that what exists, exists; what is, is, and that from this ineducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built...that is the foundation from which life is embraced... thinking is a choice...wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discover them... reason is our only way of grasping reality--it's 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... Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason. In rejecting reason one embraces death. "
157 " Nothing is ever easy "
158 " Mother "
― Terry Goodkind , Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, #2)
159 " stronger "
160 " By my love for you. I realized I loved you more than life itself, and I would rather give myself into your power than live without you. Nothing the magic could do to me could be worse than living without you. I was willing to give it all over to you. I offered the power everything I have. All of my love for you. Once I realized how much I loved you, I was willing to be yours on any terms. I understood that there could be nothing for the magic to harm. I’m already devoted to you; it didn’t need to change me. I was protected, because I have already been untouched by your love. I had utter faith that you felt the same, and had no fear of what would happen. Had I had any doubt, the magic would have latched on to that crack and taken me, but I had no doubt. My love for you is smooth and seamless. My love for you protected me from the magic. "