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Only a fool walks into the future backwards.

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
Backwards
Fool
Walks
Future

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To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan
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Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.
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If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.
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I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.
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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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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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Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.
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When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor
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Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.
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