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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
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Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
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Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.
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Reason and reality are the only means to just laws mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.
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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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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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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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Do you hate me because I have magic? Of course not. Do you love me despite my magic? He thought a minute. No. I love everything about you, and your magic is part of you. That was how I got past the Confessor's magic. If I had loved you despite your power, I wouldn't have been accepting you for who you are. Your magic would have destroy
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Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.
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If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?
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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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Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.
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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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How do you know who I am?' Denna grinned, almost laughed. 'To know Richard is to know who Kahlan is.
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There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.
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Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.
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There is nothing that exists that has only one side. Even a piece of paper, thin as it is, has two sides.
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