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Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.

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
Individual
Persons
Person
Right
Must
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Slave
Life
Community
Society

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Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.
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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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There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.
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Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.
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It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage. - Richard
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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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Wizard's Fourth Rule There is magic in sincere forgiveness in the forgiveness you give, but more so in the forgiveness you receive.
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There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.
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You have one Mord-Sith and one Mother Confessor, here, both in very bad moods. I would suggest you not give us an excuse to lose our temper, or we may never find it again in your lifetime. -Kahlan Amnell
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Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.
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The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.
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...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are that was why you liked them in the first place.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.
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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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I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
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