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But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.

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
Magic
Used
Incarnate
Retribution
Vengeance

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