Quotes from Terry Goodkind

You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself.

I love you, Kahlan. Never anyone before you, nor ever after. Only you." His eyes said it even better.

Zedd planted his fists on his hips and turned a look on Cara. "Now Mord-Sith have become experts in magic. What next?" "A talking machine," Nicci said.

But you know how Richard feels. He thinks it would be wrong—more than that, he thinks it would be irresponsible to give in to such a wish when reason tells him he must not.

Nicci hugged her back. "You do know, don't you, that I also love you?

Kahlan sighed impatiently. "Richard, you promised Zedd we would go to Aydindril." "I did. But I didn't promise him when.

Powerful people who lose power do not feel anguish and heartache like a jilted lover.

While it was understandable to be afraid, and no one would expect you not to be, the worst thing you could do was to run from the trouble you had caused. No matter how accidental it was, you didn't try to deny it. You didn't run. You did what you must to right it.

He had sometimes looked into her eyes and whispered to himself how bewitching she was, as if she weren't there hearing him, as if he were all alone looking upon some exceptional specimen rather than his wife.

Save your anger for the enemy. Here it will do you no good; there, it can overcome fear. Use this time now to teach your sword what to do, so later it will do it without conscious thought.

My mother always said that if you predicted rain long enough, sooner or later you would get wet and be proven right.

superstition needs no grounding in truth, but once rooted, it grows a strong though twisted tree.

You either had to fight evil as you encountered it, or evil would come to control your life.

it's easier to feel shame if those guilty are centuries dead, especially when such discrediting, by default, confers upon yourself a higher moral standard without having to stand the test in the true environment of the time.

I love her too much to keep her from leaving

Maybe I would like to see beauty again before I die." "Bah. What would you carve? What would you see before you die? What could be worth your life?" "Man's nobility—the most sublime form of beauty.

The greatest harm can result from the best intentions - Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander

Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing. At least you are smart enough to question. Think of how easy it is to believe, for people who don't question, who don't even know how to question. For most people, it's not the truth that is important, it's the cause. Rahl is intelligent; he has given them a cause.

Fear triggers need, need powers sincerity. Sincerity is the required element.

I think old age is nature's way of preparing us for death, making us more willing to take our leave of this world.

Hatred has such powerful emotions attached to it that others take it up out of fear. In that way, hate spreads like panic in a crowd.

Because, Richard, many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader who will cut the taller plants so the sun will reach them. They think no plant should be allowed to grow taller than the shortest, and in that way give light to all. They would rather be provided a guiding light, regardless of the fuel, than light a candle themselves.

As it turns out, that persistence is a requirement. Thus, he would tell me, you need the dark to show the light, so you shouldn't curse darkness. You needed death to define life.

He remembered Zedd telling him that old age meant that the only thing he really knew was that he would never know it all, much less know enough.