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Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.

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
Honesty
Blind
Honor
Duty
Wish

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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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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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