Quotes from Terry Goodkind

The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is.

After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe.

Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.

No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.

If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

I wish people had half the honor of dragons.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.

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

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.

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

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

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

Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.

Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.

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

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

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

I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I do. I knew I wanted to write for years, but I had to be ready so I wouldn't blow it. The move to Maine was the final step.

They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for my throat.

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

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.