Terry Goodkind: If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand me...

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

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known steps sometimes

If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing things, even from fixing some old stairs...Others can't grant you self-respect, even others who care about you. You have to earn self-respect yourself.

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pride simple self

Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything.

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irrelevant perception reality

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

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victory mother giving

In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves.

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darkest-hour hours believe

Wizard's Fourth Rule There is magic in sincere forgiveness; in the forgiveness you give, but more so in the forgiveness you receive.

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wizards magic giving

I wish people had half the honor of dragons.

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dragons honor people

Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.

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wizards contradiction reality

I add my oath of protection to the bone,' he said in a whisper. 'To you now and to any child you may bear in the future. I would trade no day I spend with you for a life of safe slavery. I accepted the post of Seeker of my own free will. And if Darken Rahl takes the whole world into madness, then we will die with a sword in our hands, not chains on our wings. We will not allow it to be easy for them to kill us; they will pay a high price. We will fight with our last breath if need be, and in our death, let us inflict a wound on him that will fester until it claims him.

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fighting children hands

But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important.

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ifs-and what-if important

It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard

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captains giving hands

Are we our bodies? Is a small person less than a big person, then? If we were our bodies, then when we lost an arm, or a leg, would we be less, would we begin to fade from existence? No. We are the same person. We are not our bodies; we are our thoughts. As they form, they define who we are, and create the reality of our existence.

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legs body reality

There is magic in sincere forgiveness - magic to heal.

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sincerity sincere magic

Teasingly she took the apple from his mouth. Juice ran down his chin. Slowly, deliberately, she leaned over and licked the sweet juice from his chin. I will have to admit though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.

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apples sweet looks

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

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mind doe sheep

Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.

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admitting steps firsts

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

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betray

We can't live our lives according to what might have been. We have to live by what is.

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has-beens live-by might

I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers.

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uplifting believe book

Cara waggled a hand over the two of them. "It works better with your clothes off." Richard frowned. His voice came as a hoarse croak. "What?" She seemed mystified by the question. "I believe you will find such things work better without clothes." She put her hands to her hips. "I thought you would know at least that much.

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two believe hands

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.