Richard," Kahlan said, "what about Siddin? Weselan and Savidlin will be worried sick over him." Her green eyes gazed deep into his. She leaned closer, and whispered, "And we have unfinished business in the spirit house. I believe there is still an apple there we have yet to finish." Her arm tightened around his waist, and a little twist of a smile came to her lips. The shape of the smile caught his breath in his throat.

Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.

Life for the strongest. There is no sympathy for the slain, only admiration for the winner's strength.

Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.

Cut the attacker down, to cut them down to their very soul

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.

I will have to admit, though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.