Quotes from Terry Goodkind

Be warned, child, you have the true power of the tongue. You have never seen it. It will be a terrible doing if you ever let it loose.

For now we have enough to worry about. Let's not invent new things.

The Wizard's Second Rule? What is that? Is it in the archives? Any student of magical lore should know it. The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. ...

But only the future holds life. To live in the past is to embrace what is dead. To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew. As rational, thinking beings, we must use our intellect, not a blind devotion to what has come before, to make rational choices.

She doesn't like cheese! I don't think I could ever trust anyone who doesn't like cheese. It's not natural.

It was a sound so black, so poisonous, so horrific

All dragons are special, my boy - and they have always been rare. Angry red dragons, aloof green dragons, wise gray dragons, evil black dragons...

It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind

Everyone feared what it could mean. The mood was one of dread and expectancy that they were yet to see the true dimension of the coming shadow of a cataclysm. Some people seemed to think such violence would soon swoop in to visit even the little town of Westfield. Everyone feared what would happen next.

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to understand the context of events as they relate to prophecy. Prophecy and free will, you see, exist in tension, in opposition. Yet, they interact.

There is no mercy when fighting the Keeper.

have found that people do not often want to believe the truth. It is of little value to them.

People would believe any lie, either because they wanted it to be true, or because they feared it was.

People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose. It's easy to lead people when they have a sense of purpose. Sense of purpose is more important by far than the truth. In fact, truth has no bearing in this.

Don't worship a man. Worship his cause, but not him.

But the past is past, and we must now go on with what must be done. The prophecies say that the greatest danger now lies before us.

After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.'

I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.

If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it; you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.

Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight

Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.

History is rarely made by reasonable men.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.