513 Quotes by Terry Goodkind

Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don’t ever forget that.

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

I know, Magda, your heart, and your loyalty to your love for me. But don’t let that be the end of your ability to love. That love wouldn’t harm me, or diminish me, or change what we had. It can only add to you and who you are. You need to embrace the reality of what is, not what was.

He wanted this to show the raw power of volition. The man and woman he carved were his refuge against his despair over his captivity. They embodied freedom of spirit. They embodied reason rising up to triumph.

He remembered Zedd telling him that old age meant that the only thing he really knew was that he would never know it all, much less know enough.

Your loveliness is not a mask, layered over a rotten core. It blossoms from the beauty inside.

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 think old age is nature’s way of preparing us for death, making us more willing to take our leave of this world.

The power needs truth to work. Truth is reality, the laws of nature. They’re inseparable. That relationship is represented by the word woven into the hilt. That makes this sword meant to serve more than just the power. It is also meant to serve the truth. This is the Sword of Truth.