Terry Goodkind Quotes

“I wish people had half the honor of dragons.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“Dance with me, Death, I am ready.”
― Terry Goodkind, Stone of Tears

“We can't live our lives according to what might have been. We have to live by what is.”
― Terry Goodkind, The First Confessor

“Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.”
― Terry Goodkind, The First Confessor

“Keep your vision all-inclusive, never allowing it to lock on any one thing...look everywhere at once, see nothing to the exclusion of all else---don't allow the enemy to direct your vision, or you will see what he wishes you to see. He will then come at you as you become bewildered, looking for his attack, and you will lose.
Instead, your vision must open to all there is, never settling, even when cutting. Know your enemy's moves by instinct, not waiting to see them. To dance with death meant to know the enemy's sword and its speed without waiting to see it. Dancing with death meant being one with the enemy, without looking fixedly, so that you could kill him. Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.”
― Terry Goodkind, Stone of Tears

“Why people wanted to dance whenever it got dark was beyond him. Somehow, the two seemed to go together, like bees and flowers, or flies and dung. Darkness and dancing.”
― Terry Goodkind, Blood of the Fold

“If the road is easy, you're likely going
the wrong way.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“My Stephen King for his Ayn Rand. My Terry Goodkind for his T.S. Elliot. Not a bang but a whimper.”
― Shannon Celebi, After Spring Comes

“We are the ring of steel around Lord Rahl himself... Two thousand strong. We fall to a man before harm gets a glance at Lord Rahl.
-Commander General Trimack”
― Terry Goodkind, Stone of Tears

“You could die this day, so you should strive to do your best while you still lived. - Richard Cypher Rahl”
― Terry Goodkind, Blood of the Fold

“Dance with me, Death. I am ready. - Richard Cypher Rahl”
― Terry Goodkind, Blood of the Fold

“Don't lay a cloak of guilt around my shoulders because others are evil.”
― Terry Goodkind, The Pillars of Creation