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

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
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There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.
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There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.
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Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight
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The sun has already set on the days we made those choices. We must concentrate on what we can do tomorrow we can't relive yesterday.
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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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Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.
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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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Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.
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Dance with me, Death, I am ready.
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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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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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Emotions are the end result, the sum, of things learned
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Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.
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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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Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you've destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give moving speeches about them. If you've done your job, then there aren't any of the enemy left to dispute your leader's reasons. At least not until the next war.
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Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.
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Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.
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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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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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