Top 179 Quotes & Sayings by Terry Goodkind - Page 3

Her 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.

I 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.

There would be nothing I could do to you that would harm you more than what you're already doing to harm yourself...You are never going to amount to anything. You will always be the worthless muck people scrape from their shoes. You only get one life and you are wasting yours. That's a terrible shame. I doubt you will ever know what it is to be truly happy, to achieve anything of worth, to have genuine pride in yourself. You bring it all on yourself, and I could do no worse to you.

Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another.

Emotion did not play a part in truth, only reality did.

But emotions when based on valued things can be a faithful and consistant sum of truths.

Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to take root and grow. Eventually, a bountiful fruit of rumors burst forth, to be spread on the wind of whispers that said we hid a fabled hoard of gold. Nothing could convince the believers that it was not true. The truth does not glitter for these people like gold does.

No amount of telling is worth doing it once.

Kahlan guide me. Kahlan teach me. Kahlan protect me. In your light I thrive. In your mercy I am sheltered. In your wisdom I am humbled. I live only to love you. My life is yours.

Bags, and Double Bags!" - Zedd

Do you hate me because I have magic?" "Of course not." "Do you love me despite my magic?" He thought a minute. "No. I love everything about you, and your magic is part of you. That was how I got past the Confessor's magic. If I had loved you despite your power, I wouldn't have been accepting you for who you are. Your magic would have destroyed me.

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.

Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. "I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.

Books served to keep hard-won knowledge safe. They endured.

Everyone 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.

How do you know who I am?' Denna grinned, almost laughed. 'To know Richard is to know who Kahlan is.

But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.

Kahlan stood quietly in the shadows, watching, as evil knocked softly on the door.

But this was no ordinary chicken. This chicken was evil manifest.

The 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.

Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.

It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.

Richard thought a moment. "I don't know, but we have to get across the pass. We're too tired to have to spend tonight fighting shadows again. We must get to the Midlands before dark. And this time, I promise I won't let go of your hand." Kahlan smiled and squeezed his hand. I won't let go of yours either.

I’m warning you, stay back! This sword has magic.' 'Magic!' the dragon gasped in mock fright. It put a claw to its breast. 'Oh, please, brave man, don’t slay me with your magic sword!

Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.

Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.

Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.

Kahlan 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.

I thought I was going to die there, alone. I thought I would never see you again." He seemed to shake off the memory and leaned back on an elbow, gazing at her with a lop-sided smile on his face. "The Shadrin left some scars that aren't healed yet. But I would have to take off my pants to show them to you." "Really?" Kahlan gave a throaty laugh. "I think I better have a look... to see if everything is all right.

The training of a Mord-Sith takes years - to learn to handle the pain. I guess it's also why only women are Mord-Sith, men are too weak.

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

I am who I am; no more, no less.

Wizards First Rule: People are Stupid

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

Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.

I am dead. Only vengeance can restore me! Only victory can return my life to me!

Once lucky, twice confident, and thrice dead.

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

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

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

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

Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.

Boundary wardens, Zedd thought, were tougher than they had a right to be.

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

People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.

He put the box in Kahlan's lap. As she picked it up, she gave him the biggest smile he had ever seen. Before he even knew what he had done, he had leaned over and given Kahlan a quick kiss. Her eyes went wide, and she didn't kiss him back, but the feel of her lips shocked him into realizing what he had done. Oh. Sorry," he said. She laughed. "Forgiven.

Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.

I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.

One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.

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

Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you've destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give moving speeches about them. If you've done your job, then there aren't any of the enemy left to dispute your leader's reasons. At least not until the next war.

History is rarely made by reasonable men.

Wizard's Eleventh and Final Rule The "Rule Unspoken", the "Rule Unwritten", "The rule from the beginning of time.

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

...You have to accept yourself, who you are. You don't believe. You still fight who you are. Until you accept yourself, until you believe, you won't be able to call forth your Han, your power, except in great anger.

To love someone means that you sometimes are fulfilled the most by putting thier deepest desires above your own.

You talk like a drunk man walks: in every direction but where he be headed.

I never could understand why some writers treat women as helpless. Every woman I know is strong in her own unique way.

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