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Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
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Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
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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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Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young. - Cara
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Richard thought a moment. I don't know, but we have to get across the pass. We're too tired to have to spend tonight fighting shadows again. We must get to the Midlands before dark. And this time, I promise I won't let go of your hand. Kahlan smiled and squeezed his hand. I won't let go of yours either.
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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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Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.
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Culture carries no privilege to exist. Cultures do not have value simply because they are. Some cultures, the world is better off without.
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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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Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.
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Emotions are the end result, the sum, of things learned
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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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But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important.
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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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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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The only thing you can be is yourself nothing more nothing less
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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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But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.
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I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
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It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.
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Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.
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