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Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.
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We don't want to lose you Lord Rahl. We don't want to go back to way things were." She sounded on the verge of tears. "We like being able to do simple things, like make a joke, and laugh. We could never do such things before. We always lived in fear that if we said the wrong thing we would be beaten, or worse. Now that we have seen another way, we don't want to go back to that. If you throw your life away for the Midlands, then we will.- Cara
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The training of a Mord-Sith takes years - to learn to handle the pain. I guess it's also why only women are Mord-Sith, men are too weak.
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There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or deeds that are wicked, and in the worst of us, at least some virtue. An adversary is not one who does loathsome acts for their own sake. He always has a reason that to him is justification. My cat eats mice. Does that make him bad? I don't think so, and the cat doesn't think so, but I would bet the mice have a different opinion.
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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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Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.
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To love someone means that you sometimes are fulfilled the most by putting thier deepest desires above your own.
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Kahlan stood quietly in the shadows, watching, as evil knocked softly on the door.
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Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. "I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.
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If you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige, but you will find the price is your choices, your freedom, your life itself. They will do for you, and as a result you will be in bondage to them forever, having given your identity away for a paltry price. Then, and only then, you will be a nobody, a slave, because you yourself and nobody else made it so.
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You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself
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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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People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.
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If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it; you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.
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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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Richard started to walk away. Zedd called his name. He stopped and turned. Just be glad she cares for you as much as she does. If she didn't, she might have touched you." Richard stared back at him a long moment. "I'm afraid, in a way, she already has.
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Boundary wardens, Zedd thought, were tougher than they had a right to be.
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Many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader who will cut the taller plants so the sun will reach them. They think no plant should be allowed to grow taller than the shortest, and in that way give light to all. They would rather be provided a guiding light, regardless of the fuel, than light a candle themselves.
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Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.
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It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard
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Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.
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Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.
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Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.
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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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Are we our bodies? Is a small person less than a big person, then? If we were our bodies, then when we lost an arm, or a leg, would we be less, would we begin to fade from existence? No. We are the same person. We are not our bodies; we are our thoughts. As they form, they define who we are, and create the reality of our existence.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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Terry Goodkind
Born:
May 1, 1948
Died:
September 17, 2020
(aged 72)
Bio:
Terry Goodkind was an American writer. He was known for the epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines, which has ties to his fantasy series.
Known for:
Wizard's First Rule (1994)
Confessor (2007)
Stone of Tears (1995)
Faith of the Fallen (2000)
Naked Empire (2003)
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