Quotes by "Terry Goodkind"

I am who I am; no more, no less.

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 existence, but while we are here we touch not just part of that vastness, but also the lives around us. Life is the gift each of us has been given. Each life is our own and no one else's. It is precious beyond all counting. It is the greatest value we can have. Cherish it for what it truly is..... Your life is yours alone. Rise up and live it.

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

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.

Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey.

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.

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

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

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 friends were lost to him. He knew now that his life was not his own. It belonged to his duty, to his task. He was the Seeker. Nothing more. Nothing less. Not his own man, but a pawn to be used by others. A tool, same as his sword, to help others, that they might have the life he had only glimpsed for a twinkling. He was no different from the dark things in the boundary. A bringer of death.

Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

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

I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.