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Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.

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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
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Rules
Worse
Passion
Reason
Wizard
Better
Wizards
Third
Thirds

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