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Emotions are the end result, the sum, of things learned

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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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Fate does not seek our consent.
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Teasingly she took the apple from his mouth. Juice ran down his chin. Slowly, deliberately, she leaned over and licked the sweet juice from his chin. I will have to admit though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.
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There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.
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Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young. - Cara
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I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
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Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.
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Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.
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Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.
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Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.
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To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan
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Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.
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There is nothing that exists that has only one side. Even a piece of paper, thin as it is, has two sides.
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Cara waggled a hand over the two of them. It works better with your clothes off. Richard frowned. His voice came as a hoarse croak. What? She seemed mystified by the question. I believe you will find such things work better without clothes. She put her hands to her hips. I thought you would know at least that much.
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I'm afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can't be corrected and it festers. On the other hand, if we give up just because we made a mistake, even a big mistake, none of us would get far in life.
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Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.
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Dance with me, Death, I am ready.
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When you're the leader, everything is your fault.
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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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Do you hate me because I have magic? Of course not. Do you love me despite my magic? He thought a minute. No. I love everything about you, and your magic is part of you. That was how I got past the Confessor's magic. If I had loved you despite your power, I wouldn't have been accepting you for who you are. Your magic would have destroy
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...think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you were going to lose, then you couldn't think of how to win.
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