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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
Fate
Doe
Consent
Seek

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I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.
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The only thing you can be is yourself nothing more nothing less
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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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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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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.
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Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.
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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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People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.
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Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.
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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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That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.
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Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.
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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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You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself
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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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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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Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.
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