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.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Culture carries no privilege to exist. Cultures do not have value simply because they are. Some cultures, the world is better off without.

Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.

To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan

Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.

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.