Quotes from Terry Goodkind

Don't lay a cloak of guilt around my shoulders because others are evil.

The ground was soaked with blood. What had been Clovis was no longer remotely recognizable. His jaw was shattered and hung completely unhinged to the side. One eye socket had been altogether caved in. Oba's knee had broken the man's sternum and crushed his chest. It was glorious.

wire-wound hilt greeted his fingers. The sword lay on the ground beside him.

Lee, one of their daughters, appeared in the doorway, rubbing her sleepy eyes with her fists. Chase scowled at her. She pouted back. Chase sighed. "You've got to be the ugliest child I've ever seen." Her pout turned to a beaming grin. Lee ran over to him, threw her arms around his leg, put her head on his knee, and hugged it tight. He mussed her hair.

Rage is the only armor you have against the pain; it gives a measure of protection. The stronger the enemy, the stronger the pain. But the stronger the rage, the stronger the shield. It makes you care less about the truth of what you have done. In some cases enough to not feel the pain.

Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it

price. There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or deeds that are wicked, and in the worst of us, at least some virtue. An adversary is not one who does loathsome acts for their own sake.

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

It was foolish to trust in luck once; twice was arrogance of the worst kind.

where not the slightest trace of Light from the Creator shone. It was the pain of denial of that Light that was the true torture of the Keeper's dark eternity.

We know, better than most, perhaps, that soldiers are charged with protecting peace and life itself. The balance to that is that we sometimes must take life to stay an enemy who would do greater harm. For this, we are remembered, not for the lives we try to preserve.

Master Rahl guide us. Master Rahl teach us. Master Rahl protect us," Kahlan murmured yet again. "In your light we thrive. In your mercy we are sheltered. In your wisdom we are humbled. We live only to serve. Our lives are yours.

Nicci knew that if one relied on ethereal deities to solve problems, then those problems usually remained unsolved.

much the same as you men are strong and can wield a heavy battle-axe, whereas an old man could not. Even though you have the muscle to do this, that doesn't mean that your muscles can do what they aren't meant to do, such as exercise wisdom the old man has from his experience. He may defeat you in battle through his knowledge, rather than his muscle.

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything

Zedd had told him that living for those you love was the best part of living. Richard

conquering territory is one thing, while administering it is quite another.

Too long we have lived looking to the past and not to the future! Too long we have chased old ghosts and been blind to new callings! Too long we have listened to those who would seek to drag us into war and ignored those who would guide us on a path to peace!

Richard unfolded his arms, holding them out to his sides. "What difference does that make? 'I,' 'we,' what does it matter?" She stared at him. "One be true, one be a lie. How much more difference could there be?" Richard folded his arms across his chest again, frowning. "Chase must have a very difficult time telling you the stories of his adventures." Adie's small smile came back. "True

Wizard's First Rule: people are stupid." Richard and Kahlan frowned even more. "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.

A person who is dying, with no hope of recovery, and in great suffering, can be no better served than by the benevolent act of assisting them in ending their suffering.

A civilization must have laws, but there cannot be justice when a man with no conscience metes out sentences without compassion or mercy.

he's the one on the x. he's already dead. i just need to go tell him.

we have to look to the challenge of the future with excitement, not fear.