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The Second Rule Is That The Greatest Harm Can Result From The Best Intentions. It Sounds A Paradox, But Kindness And Good Intentions Can Be An Insidious Path To Destruction. Sometimes Doing What Seems Right Is Wrong, And Can Cause Harm. The Only Counter To It Is Knowledge, Wisdom, Forethought, And Understanding The First Rule. Even Then, That Is Not Always Enough.

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The Second Rule Is

Terry Goodkind

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The Second Rule Is That The Greatest Harm Can Result From The Best Intentions. It Sounds A Paradox, But Kindness And Good Intentions Can Be An Insidious Path To Destruction. Sometimes Doing What Seems Right Is Wrong, And Can Cause Harm. The Only Counter To It Is Knowledge, Wisdom, Forethought, And Understanding The First Rule. Even Then, That Is Not Always Enough.

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Fate Does Not Seek Our Consent.

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It Allows You To Say Things That Sound Very Dramatic And Get Away With It. If You Had Characters In Modern Fiction Say The Same Things As They're Driving Down The Street In An Oldsmobile They'd Sound Ludicrous!

Laugh All You Want. I Know My Own Worth And Don't Need To Prove It To Someone Who Doesn't Know Theirs.

I Don't Think I Could Have Written What I Did Any Earlier.

Charity, If You Have The Means, Is A Personal Choice, But Charity Which Is Expected Or Compelled Is Simply A Polite Word For Slavery.

Boundary Wardens, Zedd Thought, Were Tougher Than They Had A Right To Be.

People Are Stupid; Given Proper Motivation, Almost Anyone Will Believe Almost Anything. Because People Are Stupid, They Will Believe A Lie Because They Want To Believe It's True, Or Because They Are Afraid It Might Be True. People’s Heads Are Full Of Knowledge, Facts, And Beliefs, And Most Of It Is False, Yet They Think It All True. People Are Stupid; They Can Only Rarely Tell The Difference Between A Lie And The Truth, And Yet They Are Confident They Can, And So Are All The Easier To Fool.

I Hate Telling That Story To People Who've Been Struggling For Years.

We All Can Be Only Who We Are, No More, No Less.

Faith And Feelings Are The Warm Marrow Of Evil. Unlike Reason, Faith And Feelings Provide No Boundary To Limit Any Delusion, Any Whim. They Are Virulent Poison, Giving The Numbing Illusion Of Moral Sanction To Every Depravity Ever Hatched. Faith And Feelings Are The Darkness To Reason’s Light. Reason Is The Very Substance Of Truth Itself. The Glory That Is Life Is Wholly Embraced Through Reason. In Rejecting It, In Rejecting Reason, One Embraces Death.

To Love Someone Means That You Sometimes Are Fulfilled The Most By Putting Thier Deepest Desires Above Your Own.

Even A Foolish Old Woman Like Me Knows That Lazy People Don't Think For Themselves; They Only Think About Themselves.

If You Are Unwilling To Defend Your Right To Your Own Lives, Then You Are Merely Like Mice Trying To Argue With Owls. You Think Their Ways Are Wrong. They Think You Are Dinner.

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. An Adversary Is Not One Who Does Loathsome Acts For Their Own Sake. He Always Has A Reason That To Him Is Justification. My Cat Eats Mice. Does That Make Him Bad? I Don't Think So, And The Cat Doesn't Think So, But I Would Bet The Mice Have A Different Opinion.

Do You Hate Me Because I Have Magic?" "of Course Not." "do You Love Me Despite My Magic?" He Thought A Minute. "no. I Love Everything About You, And Your Magic Is Part Of You. That Was How I Got Past The Confessor's Magic. If I Had Loved You Despite Your Power, I Wouldn't Have Been Accepting You For Who You Are. Your Magic Would Have Destroyed Me.

You Can't Love Anyone Or Anything Until You Love Your Own Existence First. Love Can Only Grow Out Of A Respect For Your Own Life.

I Will Have To Admit, Though, That I Will Never Look At An Apple In Quite The Same Way.

Celebrating Faith Over Reason Is Merely A Way Of Denying What Is, In Favor Of Embracing Any Whim That Strikes Your Fancy.

I'm Afraid That We All Make Mistakes. One Of The Things That Defines Our Character Is How We Handle Mistakes. If We Lie About Having Made A Mistake, Then It Can't Be Corrected And It Festers. On The Other Hand, If We Give Up Just Because We Made A Mistake, Even A Big Mistake, None Of Us Would Get Far In Life.

Wizard's Eleventh And Final Rule The "rule Unspoken", The "rule Unwritten", "the Rule From The Beginning Of Time.

No One Ever Goes Into Battle Thinking God Is On The Other Side.

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.

Fools Who Won't See The Truth Are Deadly.

He Put The Box In Kahlan's Lap. As She Picked It Up, She Gave Him The Biggest Smile He Had Ever Seen. Before He Even Knew What He Had Done, He Had Leaned Over And Given Kahlan A Quick Kiss. Her Eyes Went Wide, And She Didn't Kiss Him Back, But The Feel Of Her Lips Shocked Him Into Realizing What He Had Done. Oh. Sorry," He Said. She Laughed. "forgiven.

Reality Is Irrelevant; Perception Is Everything.

Only Those You Trust Can Betray You" ~ Nathan

After That, I Came Back Every Year. Everyone Said, 'well, When You Retire You Can Move There.' But I Said, 'why Should I Live My Whole Life Where I Don't Want To Be.'

Enemies,' The Wizard Said, 'are The Price Of Honour.

Pity For The Guilty Is Treason To The Innocent.

Many People Believe Everything Others Say, Even Though What They See With Their Own Eyes, Should Be Enough To Tell Them Otherwise.

The Worse You Are At Thinking, The Better You Are At Drinking.

Hesitation Is A Mistake That Invites Defeat. I Would Not Be Mord-sith Had I Not Hesitated When I Was Young." - Cara

Not Everyone Is Willing To Embrace Liberty; Liberty Requires Not Just Effort, But Risk. Some People Choose To Delude Themselves And See Their Chains As Protective Armor.

The Only Thing You Can Be Is Yourself Nothing More Nothing Less

Everything Is Valuable Under The Right Conditions. To A Man Dying Of Thirst, Water Be More Precious Than Gold. To A Drowning Man, Water Be Of Little Worth And Great Trouble.

I Never Could Understand Why Some Writers Treat Women As Helpless. Every Woman I Know Is Strong In Her Own Unique Way.

She Looked So Beautiful In The Moonlight, But It Wasn't Only The Way She Looked, It Was What Was Inside Her, Everything From Her Intelligence And Courage To Her Wit, And The Special Smile She Gave Only To Him. He Would Slay A Dragon, If There Were Such A Thing, Just To See That Smile. He Knew He Would Never Want Anyone Else For As Long As He Lived. He Would Rather Spend The Rest Of His Life Alone Than With Someone Else. There Could Be No One Else.

...think Of The Solution, Not The Problem. If Your Mind Was Filled Only With Thoughts Of Why You Were Going To Lose, Then You Couldn't Think Of How To Win.

Richard Thought A Moment. "i Don't Know, But We Have To Get Across The Pass. We're Too Tired To Have To Spend Tonight Fighting Shadows Again. We Must Get To The Midlands Before Dark. And This Time, I Promise I Won't Let Go Of Your Hand." Kahlan Smiled And Squeezed His Hand. I Won't Let Go Of Yours Either.

History Is Rarely Made By Reasonable Men.

...wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind What People Do, Not Only What They Say, For Deeds Will Betray A Lie.

People Need An Enemy To Feel A Sense Of Purpose.

Alone, He Must Bear The Weight Of A Sin He Dare Not Confess To The One Person He Loves…and Has Lost.

Wrong Doing Must Be Punished. If Not, It Will Proliferate Until Anarchy Wears The Robes Of Tolerance And Understanding.

I'd Rather Look A Fool Than Be Right And Fail To Act.

But This Was No Ordinary Chicken. This Chicken Was Evil Manifest.

Your Life Is Yours And Yours Alone. Rise Up And Live It.

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They Look At Me And I Kind Of Back Up In Case They Go For My Throat.

Kahlan Ambled Toward The Door. "well, My Breasts Aren't As Large As Yours Berdine." She Slowed As She Passed Raina. "i Think Raina's Hands Would Fit Mine Better.

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When The Whole World Is Crazy, It Doesn't Pay To Be Sane.

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.

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Sometimes That's All Life Is... One Desperate Act After Another.

You Talk Like A Drunk Man Walks: In Every Direction But Where He Be Headed.

You Have One Mord-sith And One Mother Confessor, Here, Both In Very Bad Moods. I Would Suggest You Not Give Us An Excuse To Lose Our Temper, Or We May Never Find It Again In Your Lifetime." -kahlan Amnell

Wizard's Sixth Rule The Only Sovereign You Can Allow To Rule You Is Reason.

Ever Since I Was Really Little, I've Had Characters That Were In My Mind.

The Only Sovereign I Can Allow To Rule Me Is Reason. The First Law Of Reason Is This: What Exists Exists; What Is Is. From This Irreducible, Bedrock Principle, All Knowledge Is Built. This Is The Foundation From Which Life Is Embraced. Reason Is A Choice. Wishes And Whims Are Not Facts, Nor Are They A Means To Discovering Them. Reason Is Our Only Way Of Grasping Reality–it Is Our Basic Tool Of Survival. We Are Free To Evade The Effort Of Thinking, To Reject Reason, But We Are Not Free To Avoid The Penalty Of The Abyss We Refuse To See." -richard

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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.

It Does The Sheep No Good To Preach The Goodness Of A Diet Of Grass, If The Wolves Are Of A Different Mind.

It Is Said That The Greatest Cruelty Is Drawn From Those With The Kindest Hearts.

When You're The Leader, Everything Is Your Fault.

...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.

Sometimes, It Is Necessary To Step Beyond What You Have Known And To Reach For Something More.

We Can't Live Our Lives According To What Might Have Been. We Have To Live By What Is.

There Is No Place So Dangerous As A World Without Magic.

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 Do For You, And As A Result You Will Be In Bondage To Them Forever, Having Given Your Identity Away For A Paltry Price. Then, And Only Then, You Will Be A Nobody, A Slave, Because You Yourself And Nobody Else Made It So.

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.

Dancing With Death Meant Being Committed To Killing, Committed With Your Heart And Soul.

Wizard's Seventh Rule Life Is The Future, Not The Past.

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 Enforcement Of An Artificial, Arbitrary, Gray Uniformity--those Who Wanted To Transcend Through Their Own Effort, And Those Who Wanted Others To Think For Them And Were Willing To Pay The Ultimate Price.

Reasons Are The Spoils Of Victory. When You've Destroyed The Enemy, Then Your Leaders Write Down The Reasons In Books, And Give Moving Speeches About Them. If You've Done Your Job, Then There Aren't Any Of The Enemy Left To Dispute Your Leader's Reasons. At Least Not Until The Next War.

The Mice Think They Are Right, But My Cat Eats Them Anyways. This Is The Point, Reality Is Nothing, Perception Is Everything.

To The Right Person, The Person Who Is Truly Born To It, Duty Is A Form Of Love, Through Which All Is Possible. Duty Is Not Always A Denial Of Things, But An Expansion Of Them To Others. Duty Is Not Always A Chore, But Is Best Carried Out With Love.

Only A Fool Walks Into The Future Backwards.

But If Used For Retribution, Magic Is Vengeance Incarnate.

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.

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.

If The Road Is Easy, You're Likely Going The Wrong Way.

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

There Is Nothing That Exists That Has Only One Side. Even A Piece Of Paper, Thin As It Is, Has Two Sides.

Those Who Have Come Here To Hate Should Leave Now; For In Their Hate, They Only Betray Themselves.

Why Should I Live My Whole Life Where I Don't Want To Be. [it's A Good Point - Pretty Hard To Argue With That Sort Of Logic Really Isn't It!

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.

If God Is So Powerful, Can He Create A Rock Which He Cannot Lift?

Once You Place That Crown Of Liar On Your Head, You Can Take It Off Again, But It Leaves A Stain For All Time.

Knowledge Is A Destination. Truth, The Journey.

Intent Is Guilt. Failure To Successfully Carry Out The Intent Does Not Absolve The Guilt.

Love Is A Passion For Life Shared With Another Person. You Fall In Love With A Person Who You Think Is Wonderful. It's Your Deepest Appreciation Of The Value Of That Individual, And That Individual Is A Reflection Of What You Value Most In Life. Love, For Sound Reasons, Can Be One Of Life's Greatest Rewards.

Falling In Love

Once Lucky, Twice Confident, And Thrice Dead.

There Is Magic In Sincere Forgiveness - Magic To Heal.

Kahlan Stood Quietly In The Shadows, Watching, As Evil Knocked Softly On The Door.

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.

Reason And Reality Are The Only Means To Just Laws; Mindless Wishes, If Given Sovereignty, Become Deadly Masters.

I Love You," She Whispered. Richard Pulled Her Tight Against Him. His Fingers Traced A Trail Down The Bumps Of Her Spine. "i Feel So Frustrated That There Aren't Any Better Words Than "i Love You,"" He Said. "it Doesn't Seem Enough For The Way I Feel About You. I'm Sorry There Aren't Any Better Words To Tell You." "they Are Words Enough For Me." "then, I Love You, Kahlan. A Thousand Times, A Million Times, I Love You. Forever.

Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully Turning Aside From The Truth Is Treason To One's Self.

Think Of The Solution, Not The Problem

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.

I Wish People Had Half The Honor Of Dragons.

How Do You Know Who I Am?' Denna Grinned, Almost Laughed. 'to Know Richard Is To Know Who Kahlan Is.

Wizard's Third Rule Passion Rules Reason, For Better Or For Worse.

...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 Truly Care For Them, Then You Want Them To Be Who They Are; That Was Why You Liked Them In The First Place.

Fate Occasionally Touches Us All In Ways We Don't Always Understand.

The Training Of A Mord-sith Takes Years - To Learn To Handle The Pain. I Guess It's Also Why Only Women Are Mord-sith, Men Are Too Weak.

I've Always Said Fantasy Is Sort Of 'stealth Philosophy'.

Dance With Me, Death, I Am Ready.

Once You Teach Me Something, It's Mine To Use.

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.

In The Darkest Hours We Must Believe In Ourselves.

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.

Teachings That Defy Reason Defy Reality; What Defies Reality Defies Life. Defying Life Is Embracing Death.

That's What Friends Are For-to Be Strong For You When You Need A Moment To Find Your Own Strength.

Truth Has Advocates Who Seek Understanding," Richard Said. "corrupt Ideas Have Miserable Little Fanatics Who Attempt To Enforce Their Beliefs Through Intimidation And Brutality... Through Faith. Savage Force Is Faith's Obedient Servant. Violence On An Apocalyptic Scale Can Only Be Born Of Faith Because Reason, By Its Very Nature, Disarms Senseless Cruelty. Only Faith Thinks To Justify It.

Standing For Truth Is Everything. Truth Is Power. Don't Ever Forget That.

Once Committed To Fight, Cut. Everything Else Is Secondary. Cut. That Is Your Duty, Your Purpose, Your Hunger. There Is No Rule More Important, No Commitment That Overrides That One. Cut. Cut From The Void, Not From Bewilderment. Cut The Enemy As Quickly And Directly As Possible. Cut Decisively, Resolutely. Cut Into The Enemy’s Strength. Flow Through The Gaps In His Guard. Cut Him. Cut Him Down Utterly. Don’t Allow Him A Breath. Crush Him. Cut Him Without Mercy To The Depths Of His Spirit." -richard Rahl

I Had To Live This Long, Have The Experiences I've Had, To Create What I Do. I Knew I Wanted To Write For Years, But I Had To Be Ready So I Wouldn't Blow It. The Move To Maine Was The Final Step.

Wizards First Rule: People Are Stupid

The Wizard's First Rule: People Are Stupid; Given Proper Motivation Almost Anyone Will Believe Almost Anything.

Love Is Not About What You Want. It's About Finding Happiness For The One You Love.

Finding Happiness

Emotion Did Not Play A Part In Truth, Only Reality Did.

Knowledge Comes As It Will. Life's Lessons Come At The Most Surprising Times.

Life For The Strongest. There Is No Sympathy For The Slain, Only Admiration For The Winner's Strength.

Richard Started To Walk Away. Zedd Called His Name. He Stopped And Turned. Just Be Glad She Cares For You As Much As She Does. If She Didn't, She Might Have Touched You." Richard Stared Back At Him A Long Moment. "i'm Afraid, In A Way, She Already Has.

No Army Has Ever Marched Into Battle Thinking That The Creator Had Sided With Their Enemy.

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.

Culture Carries No Privilege To Exist. Cultures Do Not Have Value Simply Because They Are. Some Cultures, The World Is Better Off Without.

It's Only Some Rice And Beans Captain. It's Not Like I'm Giving You Cara's Hand In Marriage." - Richard

Right And Wrong Are Not The Product Of Census.

Fantasy Allows You Bend The World And The Situation To More Clearly Focus On The Moral Aspects Of What's Happening. In Fantasy You Can Distill Life Down To The Essence Of Your Story.

We Reap A Reward Merely In The Act Of Helping Others. We Never Know How, Or If, That Reward Will Come Back To Us. Helping Is The Reward; None Other Is Needed Nor Better.

Wizard's Second Rule The Greatest Harm Can Result From The Best Intentions.

You Can Destroy Those Who Speak The Truth, But You Cannot Destroy The Truth Itself

Speak The Truth

Emotions Are The Sums Created By Details, Whether Those Details Are True Or Not.

Knowledge Is A Weapon. I Intend To Be Formidably Armed.

Being Afraid Something Is True Is Accepting The Possibility. Accepting The Possibility Is The First Step To Believing.

I Am Dead. Only Vengeance Can Restore Me! Only Victory Can Return My Life To Me!

Richard," Kahlan Said, "what About Siddin? Weselan And Savidlin Will Be Worried Sick Over Him." Her Green Eyes Gazed Deep Into His. She Leaned Closer, And Whispered, "and We Have Unfinished Business In The Spirit House. I Believe There Is Still An Apple There We Have Yet To Finish." Her Arm Tightened Around His Waist, And A Little Twist Of A Smile Came To Her Lips. The Shape Of The Smile Caught His Breath In His Throat.

Unfinished Business

Wizard's Eighth Rule Talga Vassternich. (deserve Victory)

Many People Must Be Ruled To Thrive. In Their Selfishness And Greed, They See Free People As Their Oppressors. They Wish To Have A Leader Who Will Cut The Taller Plants So The Sun Will Reach Them. They Think No Plant Should Be Allowed To Grow Taller Than The Shortest, And In That Way Give Light To All. They Would Rather Be Provided A Guiding Light, Regardless Of The Fuel, Than Light A Candle Themselves.

Honor Is Honesty To What Is, Not Blind Duty To What You Wish To Be.

Never Let A Beautiful Woman Pick Your Path For You When There Is A Man In Her Line Of Sight

I Am Who I Am; No More, No Less.

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.

Books Served To Keep Hard-won Knowledge Safe. They Endured.

The Sun Has Already Set On The Days We Made Those Choices. We Must Concentrate On What We Can Do Tomorrow; We Can't Relive Yesterday.

I'm Surprised You Don't Know More About Magic, Sister Verna. There Is A Word That Is Magic. It Can Accomplish More Than You Might Think. Maybe You Have Heard It Before. It Is The Word 'please.

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.

But Emotions When Based On Valued Things Can Be A Faithful And Consistant Sum Of Truths.

I Felt Like I'd Been Misplaced In The Cosmos And I Belonged In Maine.

I’m Warning You, Stay Back! This Sword Has Magic.' 'magic!' The Dragon Gasped In Mock Fright. It Put A Claw To Its Breast. 'oh, Please, Brave Man, Don’t Slay Me With Your Magic Sword!

Perception Was Easily Accomplished, Required Little Effort, And It Never Had To Stand The Test Of Reality.

Wizard's Ninth Rule A Contradiction Can Not Exist In Reality. Not In Part, Nor In Whole.

Bags, And Double Bags!" - Zedd

No Amount Of Telling Is Worth Doing It Once.

To Question Me Onceis A Simple Mistake, Lieutenant. Twice Is Treason. We Execute Traitors.-kahlan

Knowing When To Fight Is Just As Important As Knowing How.

Wizard's Fourth Rule There Is Magic In Sincere Forgiveness; In The Forgiveness You Give, But More So In The Forgiveness You Receive.

People Are Stupid... They Will Believe A Lie Because They Want To Believe It's True, Or Because They're Afraid It Might Be True.

Others Made You Into Who You Were. You Made Yourself Into What You Have Become.

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

Everyone Makes Mistakes. How A Person Deals With Their Mistakes Is A Mark Of Their Character.

Nothing Gained Without Cost Is Valued. Freedom Has A Cost, And All Will Bear It So All Will Value And Preserve It.

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.

Cut The Attacker Down, To Cut Them Down To Their Very Soul

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.

Admitting That You Do Not Know Something Is The First Step To Learning.

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.

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