Quotes from Terry Goodkind

Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to take root and grow. Eventually, a bountiful fruit of rumors burst forth, to be spread on the wind of whispers that said we hid a fabled hoard of gold. Nothing could convince the believers that it was not true. The truth does not glitter for these people like gold does.

Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.

You have to accept yourself, who you are. You don't believe. You still fight who you are. Until you accept yourself, until you believe, you won't be able to call forth your Han, your power, except in great anger.

Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.

Only you can achieve self-worth for yourself. Any group offering it to you, or demanding it of you, comes bearing chains of slavery.

We don't want to lose you Lord Rahl. We don't want to go back to way things were. She sounded on the verge of tears. We like being able to do simple things, like make a joke, and laugh. We could never do such things before. We always lived in fear that if we said the wrong thing we would be beaten, or worse. Now that we have seen another way, we don't want to go back to that. If you throw your life away for the Midlands, then we will.- Cara

Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.

Boundary wardens, Zedd thought, were tougher than they had a right to be.

That's why your lot in life isn't fate. I don't have any say in much of my life, but I make whatever choices I can make in my own rational best interest. It's my choice to fix those stairs and make the place I live a little better instead of whining and waiting and hoping for someone else to do something for me. I have pride that I know how to do that for myself.

This was life as it should be lived—proud, reasoned, and a slave to no other man.

I thought I was going to die there, alone. I thought I would never see you again. He seemed to shake off the memory and leaned back on an elbow, gazing at her with a lop-sided smile on his face. The Shadrin left some scars that aren't healed yet. But I would have to take off my pants to show them to you. Really? Kahlan gave a throaty laugh. I think I better have a look... to see if everything is all right.

Kahlan,' he said, trying to make his voice sound reassuring, 'being a friend means you don't have to tell me anything you don't want to, and I'll still be your friend.

How do you know who I am?' Denna grinned, almost laughed. 'To know Richard is to know who Kahlan is.

Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.

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

Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.

It isn't what kind of house you have that matters. This is not happiness. It's what kind of mind you have, and how you care for your fellow man -- what you can do to help others who can be helped by no one else.

Fools who won't see the truth are deadly.

Her green eyes came unafraid to his. The connection was so intense that it threatened to drain his sense of self. He felt that he had always known her, that she had always been a part of him, that her needs were his needs.

Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young. - Cara

To question me once is a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.

Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.

Your life belongs to you alone. Rise up and live it! ~Richard Rahl

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.