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Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.
They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for my throat.
I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years.
Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.
One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.
Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.
Boundary wardens, Zedd thought, were tougher than they had a right to be.
Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.
Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.
Wizard's Sixth Rule The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.
You talk like a drunk man walks: in every direction but where he be headed.
Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.
Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.
Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.
Everybody knows it. Wizards are supposed to have beards. It's common knowledge.
I am dead. Only vengeance can restore me! Only victory can return my life to me!
Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.
It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.
You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself
Kahlan stood quietly in the shadows, watching, as evil knocked softly on the door.
Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.
Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self.
We can't live our lives according to what might have been. We have to live by what is.
I will have to admit, though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.
Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.
Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.
But emotions when based on valued things can be a faithful and consistant sum of truths.
Intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carry out the intent does not absolve the guilt.
no army has ever marched into battle thinking that the Creator had sided with their enemy.
Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight
Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.
Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.
...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.
To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan
That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.
Those who have come here to hate should leave now; for in their hate, they only betray themselves.
Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.
How do you know who I am?' Denna grinned, almost laughed. 'To know Richard is to know who Kahlan is.
Laugh all you want. I know my own worth and don't need to prove it to someone who doesn't know theirs.
Life for the strongest. There is no sympathy for the slain, only admiration for the winner's strength.
It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard
The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is.
There is nothing that exists that has only one side. Even a piece of paper, thin as it is, has two sides.
Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.
Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.
It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.
Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.
The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.
To love someone means that you sometimes are fulfilled the most by putting thier deepest desires above your own.