Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind is an American writer. He is known for the epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines, which has ties to his fantasy series. The Sword of Truth series sold twenty-five million copies worldwide and was translated into more than twenty languages. It was adapted into a television series called Legend of the Seeker; it premiered on November 1, 2008, and ran for two seasons, ending in May...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
laughing like-her may
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.
census products
Right and wrong are not the product of census.
community life-is slave
Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.
sheep mind doe
It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.
maine cosmos misplaced
I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
favors fancy way
Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.
courage choices sometimes
Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.
pride simple self
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.
pride shoes people
There would be nothing I could do to you that would harm you more than what you're already doing to harm yourself...You are never going to amount to anything. You will always be the worthless muck people scrape from their shoes. You only get one life and you are wasting yours. That's a terrible shame. I doubt you will ever know what it is to be truly happy, to achieve anything of worth, to have genuine pride in yourself. You bring it all on yourself, and I could do no worse to you.
sovereign wizards reason
Wizard's Sixth Rule The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.
enemy wizards said
Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.
philosophy fantasy said
I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.
wizards intention harm
Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.
mistake sith defeat
Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young." - Cara