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Fate does not seek our consent.

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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
Consent
Seek
Fate
Doe

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If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?
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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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Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight
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Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.
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Life for the strongest. There is no sympathy for the slain, only admiration for the winner's strength.
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Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.
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When you're the leader, everything is your fault.
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But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.
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When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.
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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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Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.
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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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There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.
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Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.
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Laugh all you want. I know my own worth and don't need to prove it to someone who doesn't know theirs.
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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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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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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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