You have one Mord-Sith and one Mother Confessor, here, both in very bad moods. I would suggest you not give us an excuse to lose our temper, or we may never find it again in your lifetime." -Kahlan Amnell
Terry GoodkindI often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers.
Terry GoodkindKahlan ambled toward the door. "Well, my breasts aren't as large as yours Berdine." She slowed as she passed Raina. "I think Raina's hands would fit mine better.
Terry GoodkindIf you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige, but you will find the price is your choices, your freedom, your life itself. They will do for you, and as a result you will be in bondage to them forever, having given your identity away for a paltry price. Then, and only then, you will be a nobody, a slave, because you yourself and nobody else made it so.
Terry GoodkindCulture carries no privilege to exist. Cultures do not have value simply because they are. Some cultures, the world is better off without.
Terry GoodkindWrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.
Terry GoodkindHer green eyes came unafraid to his. The connection was so intense that it threatened to drain his sense of self. He felt that he had always known her, that she had always been a part of him, that her needs were his needs.
Terry Goodkind...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are; that was why you liked them in the first place.
Terry GoodkindIt allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!
Terry GoodkindPeople are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.
Terry GoodkindIf 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.
Terry GoodkindPerception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.
Terry GoodkindEveryone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.
Terry GoodkindNever let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight
Terry GoodkindNothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.
Terry GoodkindThe sun has already set on the days we made those choices. We must concentrate on what we can do tomorrow; we can't relive yesterday.
Terry GoodkindLife for the strongest. There is no sympathy for the slain, only admiration for the winner's strength.
Terry GoodkindIt does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.
Terry GoodkindNot everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor.
Terry GoodkindEven a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.
Terry Goodkind