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Terry Goodkind

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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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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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Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.
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Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.
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Only a fool walks into the future backwards.
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If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?
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Dance with me, Death, I am ready.
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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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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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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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Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.
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Cut the attacker down, to cut them down to their very soul
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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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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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Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.
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Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.
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Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight
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To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan
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Only those you trust can betray you ~ Nathan
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There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.
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