Quotes from Terry Goodkind

I asked him what the amulet meant to him, what its meaning was. At first, I thought he wasn't going to answer. But then, in a haunting voice, he said that it represented the dance with death. I was horrified by that. He said the dance with death was the way of the War Wizard.

A book is read one page at a time. A shelf is read one book at a time. A library is read one shelf at a time.

The dead must heed them.

Zedd knelt beside her, his head bowed. "I pledge my life in the defense of the Seeker." Richard stood gripping the Sword of Truth in his hand, eyes wide in breathless bewilderment. "Zedd," he whispered, "what in the name of everything good is a Seeker?

Wizard's Sixth Rule: the only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.

War Wizards don't give up. They find a way around any obstacle, even if that way results in their own death. He called the way of the wizard the dance with death.

Zedd leaned forward eagerly, cutting him off. "Can you command the wind?" Richard leaned back a little. "Of course I can," he said, playing along. He held both hands up to the sky. "Come to me, brother wind! Gather about! Blow a gale for me!" He spread his arms dramatically. Kahlan wrapped her cloak around herself expectantly. Zedd looked about. Nothing happened. The two of them seemed a little disappointed.

Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason's light.

Sometimes letting out the anger is an even more grievous mistake than holding it in.

Information is the coin of war.

Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason, through this rule. In rejecting it, in rejecting reason, one embraces death.

The best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That's why the truth is so important. Evil abhors those with the ability.

Safety is only an illusion when evil is on the hunt. I can't stand by and watch. I have to act. It isn't easy to absolve one's self of guilt.

Moral compromise rejects the concept of right and wrong. It says that everyone is equal, all desires are equally valid, all action is equally valid, so everyone should compromise to get along.

Life connects us all to magic, as illustrated through the design of the Grace. So, for a Confessor, I don't need a gifted person, just a living one.

Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, the great and honorable wizard, stood alone on the wizard's rock his father had given him, and stared out into the night, thinking wizard's thoughts. "Nothing is ever easy," he whispered.

Of all the people who came before us, Magda, you were the only one who represented truth. I want you to know that. - Councilman Sadler

Don't give up the calling, Magda. Know yourself. Know what you are. Though few would admit it, even those on the council, I truly believe we all need you. - Councilman Sadler

Have you heard the old adage advising to always grow oleanders at your back door?" Nicci asked.

Really? A Confession flower. Why would it be called that? Because a confession is a revelation of the truth. Truth is pure. White is pure. Thus the name.

Surprise was their greatest weapon. He didn't want to give it up without a very good reason.

what is commonly thought luck is often merely the result of incessant practice.

Books were links that spanned such missing human bonds or even times of savagery and its resulting ages of ignorance.

A Seeker is a person who answers to no one but himself; he is a law unto himself. The Sword of Truth is his to wield as he wishes, and within the limits of his own strength, he can hold anyone to answer for anything.