Wizard's Fourth Rule There is magic in sincere forgiveness; in the forgiveness you give, but more so in the forgiveness you receive.

Reason and reality are the only means to just laws; mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.

I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.

We can't live our lives according to what might have been. We have to live by what is.

no army has ever marched into battle thinking that the Creator had sided with their enemy.

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

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