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21 " Create a better idea of what the key should be. One that makes more sense to people, so that they believe in the diversion we create. "
― Terry Goodkind , The First Confessor (The Legend of Magda Searus, #1)
22 " But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important. "
23 " You envisioned the idea of a Confessor for the right reasons. Life is truth. Truth is Life. You wanted a way to seek truth. Such a cause, in the promotion of life, is noble. "
24 " The reason, as I had learned from my father, is that there is no certainty in death. Because there is no beginning or end, there is no way to measure how long your time. "
25 " The power needs truth to work. Truth is reality, the laws of nature. They're inseparable. That relationship is represented by the word woven into the hilt. That makes this sword meant to serve more than just the power. It is also meant to serve the truth. This is the Sword of Truth. "
26 " We have a responsibility to life. The living should be our only concern. Since it is the Sword of Truth - a weapon created to fight for the truth - people won't have reason to expect that it could also actually be the key to the power of Orden. Quinn, you know how dangerous the power of Orden is. Used in the wrong way. it very well could breach the veil and destroy the world of life. We have to do everything in our power to see to it that such a thing never comes to pass. "
27 " We can't live our lives according to what might have been. We have to live by what is. "
28 " Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that. "
29 " I asked him what the amulet meant to him, what its meaning was. At first, I thought he wasn't going to answer. But then, in a haunting voice, he said that it represented the dance with death. I was horrified by that. He said the dance with death was the way of the War Wizard. "
30 " The Spiritist is said to be a dangerous woman. "
31 " It's true that this is not a book you stick on a shelf. This is a story you will instead always carry in your heart. "
32 " History, like memories themselves, tended to become distorted with the passing of time, or worse, corrupted with the agendas of those writing it. "
33 " We can’t live our lives according to what might have been. We have to live by what is. "
34 " The truth can seem awfully small and insignificant when compared to a mountain of lies. "
35 " Safety is only an illusion when evil is on the hunt. I can’t stand by and watch. I have to act. "
36 " I know, Magda, your heart, and your loyalty to your love for me. But don’t let that be the end of your ability to love. That love wouldn’t harm me, or diminish me, or change what we had. It can only add to you and who you are. You need to embrace the reality of what is, not what was. "
37 " To love another, you must first love yourself. Love yourself, Magda, so you can love him. Love yourself enough to let your memories of me ease away from closing your heart. Love yourself enough to know that you deserve happiness." - Barracus "
38 " But the truth can seem awfully small and insignificant when compared to a mountain of lies. "
39 " It was a refined sort of bottled fury that had the potential to be devastatingly violent, and yet at the same time he was also a man able to control it. "
40 " That is what we believe in and what we are fighting for. The right to the joy of life. The right to our own life. The right to love. "