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Dance with me, Death, I am ready.

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
Dance
Ready
Death

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If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own lives, then you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls. You think their ways are wrong. They think you are dinner.
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Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.
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Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.
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Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.
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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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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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I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
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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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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.
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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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If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.
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To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan
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Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.
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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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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 is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.
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There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.
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That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.
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Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.
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Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.
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