Quotes by Terry Goodkind

“Richard looked up at the beautiful, big pines spreading over them, illuminated in the firelight. A spark of understanding lit in his mind. He saw the branches stretched out with murderous intent in...”

“The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.”

“Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing. At least you are smart enough to question. Think of how easy it is to believe,...”

“I am who I am; no more, no less.”

“Fear triggers need, need powers sincerity. Sincerity is the required element.”

“We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.”

“To exist in this vast universe for a speck of time is the great gift of life. Our tiny sliver of time is our gift of life. It is our only life. The universe will go on, indifferent to our brief exi...”

“I will have to admit, though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.”

“...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you trul...”

“If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.”

“Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey.”

“That is the curse of lying, Sister. Once you place that crown of the liar upon your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.”

“Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.”

“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.”

“Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.”

“His face set in grim determination, Richard slogged ahead, his fingers reaching up to touch the tooth under his shirt. Loneliness, deeper than he had never known, sagged his shoulders. All his frie...”

“...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”

“If you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige, but you will find the price is your choices, your freedom, your life itself. They will d...”

“There were those who loved liberty, who cried out to live their own lives, to strive, to rise above, to achieve, and those bent on the mindless equality of stagnation brought about through the enfo...”

“Free people were not ruled. Freedom had first to be valued before its existence could be demanded.”