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

That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.

If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing things, even from fixing some old stairs...Others can't grant you self-respect, even others who care about you. You have to earn self-respect yourself.

Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.

I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years.

Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.

If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own lives, then you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls. You think their ways are wrong. They think you are dinner.