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Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.

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
Knowledge
Times
Comes
Come
Life
Surprising
Lessons

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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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Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.
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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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Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.
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It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.
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Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.
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No amount of telling is worth doing it once.
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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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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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Dance with me, Death, I am ready.
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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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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.
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Emotions are the end result, the sum, of things learned
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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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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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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'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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Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor.
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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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