Soul of the Fire Quotes

“...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“That is the curse of lying, Sister. Once you place that crown of the liar upon your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“But this was no ordinary chicken. This chicken was evil manifest.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Her heart nearly burst as she at last plunged into his embrace in one wild rush, screaming out her need, her love, her completion, wanting only to know his name so she might give everything of herself to him. His glowing smile was for her and her alone. His lips were for her and her alone. She closed that last bit of space toward him, longing to at last kiss the love of her life, the mate to her soul, the one and only true passion in all of life.
His lips were there, at last, she fell into his outstretched arms, into his embrace, into his perfect kiss.
In that flawless instant when her lips were just touching his, she saw through him, just beyond him, the merciless unyeilding valley floor hurtling up toward her, and she knew at last his name.
Death.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“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”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Came the visions of icy beauty,
from the land of death where they dwell.
Pursuing their prize and grisly duty,
came the thieves of the charm and spell.
The bells chimed thrice, and death came a-calling.

Alluring of shape though seldom seen,
they traveled the breeze on a spark.
some fed twigs to their newborn queen,
while others invaded the dark.
the bells chimed thrice, and death came a-calling.

some they called and others they kissed
as they traveled on river and wave.
with resolve they came and did insist:
every one touched to a grave.
the bells chimed thrice, and death came a-calling.

roving to hunt and gathering to dance,
they practiced their dark desires
by casting a hex and a beautiful trance,
before feeding the queen's new fires.
the bells chimed thrice, and death came a-calling.

till he parted the falls
and the bells chimed thrice,
till he issued the calls
and demanded the price.
the bells chimed thrice and death met the mountain.

they charmed and embraced
and they tried to extoll
but he bade them in grace
and demanded a soul.
the bells fell silent and the mountain slew them all.
and the mountain entombed them all.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Leadership is a nurturing of those under your command.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“it didn’t matter how hard you could swing a sword, if you couldn’t hit anything.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“To those who would dominate you, knowledge must be crushed, because people who understand are people who will stand against the unfairness of the elite.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul Of The Fire

“This is how tyrants win the will of the people: with lies.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul Of The Fire

“I’m going to do the worst possible thing I could do to you and your people—what my grandfather would have done to you. “I’m going to leave you all to suffer the consequences of your own actions.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul Of The Fire

“Slaves, slaves to anything or anyone, despite how much they abhor it, will often cling to that slavery out of fear the alternative would be insufferable.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul Of The Fire

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

“Richard didn’t trust Minister Chanboor. The man’s tongue was too smooth. Truth didn’t wear a tongue smooth; lies did.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Dalton had expected it, he never failed to find it remarkable the way he had but to say a thing enough times, through enough people, and it became the popular truth, its provenance lost as it was mimicked by ordinary people who came to believe that it was their own idea—as if original thought routinely came forth from their witless minds of clay.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul Of The Fire

“Only when all must bow to the same law is every person free.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul Of The Fire

“If we timidly submit to tyranny, we will never have the chance to test our wings.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul Of The Fire

“If you brought harm, no matter the reason, you had to set it right as best you could.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“The foundations of some formerly strong lands became so riddled with termites of diminished purpose, so decayed with the decadence of smug moderation, and so emaciated with the vacillating aims of appears, that even when they saw the enemy coming and did resist, they were easily toppled when the Imperial Order finally pushed.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“it’s easier to feel shame if those guilty are centuries dead, especially when such discrediting, by default, confers upon yourself a higher moral standard without having to stand the test in the true environment of the time.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Kahlan sighed impatiently. “Richard, you promised Zedd we would go to Aydindril.” “I did. But I didn’t promise him when.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“While it was understandable to be afraid, and no one would expect you not to be, the worst thing you could do was to run from the trouble you had caused. No matter how accidental it was, you didn’t try to deny it. You didn’t run. You did what you must to right it.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Like hounds at a feast, people gather round the table of tyranny, eager for tasty scraps tossed on the floor. Not everyone will wag their tail for a tyrant, but most will, if he first makes them salivate with hate and gives license to their covetous impulses by making them feel it is only their due. Many would rather take than earn.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Like hounds at a feast, people gather round the table of tyranny, eager for tasty scraps tossed on the floor. Not everyone will wag their tail for a tyrant, but most will, if he first makes them salivate with hate and gives license to their covetous impulses by making them feel it is only their due. Many would rather take than earn. “Tyrants make the envious comfortable with their greed.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Few people understood the weapon that was a properly fashioned twist of information.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“The chicken thing let out a whispering cackle.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire

“Dalton tugged at his clothes, straightening them. “Is that so.” “But the female will cheat on the male. Sometimes, while he is out collecting twigs for their nest, she will let another male take her.”
― Terry Goodkind, Soul of the Fire