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When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

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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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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...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are that was why you liked them in the first place.
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Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.
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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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Dance with me, Death, I am ready.
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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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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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The only thing you can be is yourself nothing more nothing less
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Richard started to walk away. Zedd called his name. He stopped and turned. Just be glad she cares for you as much as she does. If she didn't, she might have touched you. Richard stared back at him a long moment. I'm afraid, in a way, she already has.
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I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.
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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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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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It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different 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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When you're the leader, everything is your fault.
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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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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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The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.
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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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