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Only a fool walks into the future backwards.

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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
Future
Backwards
Fool
Walks

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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 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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We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward none other is needed nor better.
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Those who have come here to hate should leave now for in their hate, they only betray themselves.
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But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.
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People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.
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Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.
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There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.
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Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.
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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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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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The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.
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Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.
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Love is a passion for life shared with another person. You fall in love with a person who you think is wonderful. It's your deepest appreciation of the value of that individual, and that individual is a reflection of what you value most in life. Love, for sound reasons, can be one of life's greatest rewards.
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