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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.

Terry Goodkind

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
Choose
Risk
Willing
Delude
Liberty
Armor
Effort
Protective
Everyone
Chains
People
Requires
Embrace

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