When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.

But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important.

I’m warning you, stay back! This sword has magic.' 'Magic!' the dragon gasped in mock fright. It put a claw to its breast. 'Oh, please, brave man, don’t slay me with your magic sword!

We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.

But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.

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.