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Terry Goodkind Biography

Terry Goodkind (born 1948) is an American writer. He is known for the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines (2009), which has ties to his fantasy series. The Sword of Truth series sold 25 million copies worldwide and was translated into more than 20 languages. Additionally, it was adapted into a television series called Legend of the Seeker, which premiered on November 1, 2008 and ran for two seasons, ending in May 2010.

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Only a fool walks into the future backwards.

Backwards, Fool, Walks

Fools who won't see the truth are deadly.

Deadly, Fool, Fools, See, Truth

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

Adversity, Easy, Road, Survival, Truth, Way

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.

Learning, Old, Pride, Self, Simple, Stairs

No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.

Battle, God, Sides, Thinking

Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.

Character, Characters, Littles, Mind

Books served to keep hard-won knowledge safe. They endured.

Book, Endured, Hard, Keep, Safe, Served

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Crazy, Pay, Sane, World

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Charity, Choice, Choices, Mean, Personal, Word

Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing.

Accepting, Afraid, Believe, Believing, Firsts, Steps

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

Effort, Perception, Reality, Stand

Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.

Mines, Teach, Use

Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything.

Everything, Irrelevant, Perception, Reality

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

Discovering, Grasping, Mean, Reality, Sovereign, Thinking

Fate does not seek our consent.

Consent, Doe, Fate, Seek

Culture carries no privilege to exist. Cultures do not have value simply because they are. Some cultures, the world is better off without.

Carries, Culture, Exist, Privilege, Simply, World

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.

Children, Fester, Fighting, Hands, Inflict, Seeker

The only thing you can be is yourself nothing more nothing less

Nothing, Thing

People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.

Enemy, Needs, People, Purpose, Sense

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. '

Live, Moving, Retire, Want, Whole, Years

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