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

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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
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They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for my throat.
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It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.
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...You have to accept yourself, who you are. You don't believe. You still fight who you are. Until you accept yourself, until you believe, you won't be able to call forth your Han, your power, except in great anger.
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It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.
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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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Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you've destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give moving speeches about them. If you've done your job, then there aren't any of the enemy left to dispute your leader's reasons. At least not until the next war.
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Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.
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People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.
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I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
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There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.
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Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.
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Books served to keep hard-won knowledge safe. They endured.
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Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.
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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.
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We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.
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Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.
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Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.
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If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?
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To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan
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Think of the solution, not the problem
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