A Grace connected creating the World of life, and the world of the dead in pathways of magic.

— Terry Goodkind

Anger is a shield for the power of the sword's magic, so that helped.

— Terry Goodkind

Are we our bodies? Is a small person less than a big person, then? If we were our bodies, then when we lost an arm, or a leg, would we be less, would we begin to fade from existence? No. We are the same person. We are not our bodies; we are our thoughts. As they form, they define who we are, and create the reality of our existence.

— Terry Goodkind

As it turns out, that persistence is a requirement. Thus, he would tell me, you need the dark to show the light, so you shouldn't curse darkness. You needed death to define life.

— Terry Goodkind

Barracks had told her that while a number of wizards could make things, the same as the unsifted could make things, it was this component of artistic ability in creating new things that took to another level and made the makers more than true prophets. Magda remembered the passion in his voice as he told her about such things. Making things was in his soul. Creating new things seemed to be his spark of life.

— Terry Goodkind

Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing. At least you are smart enough to question. Think of how easy it is to believe, for people who don't question, who don't even know how to question. For most people, it's not the truth that is important, it's the cause. Rail is intelligent; he has given them a cause.

— Terry Goodkind

But this was no ordinary chicken. This chicken was evil manifest.

— Terry Goodkind

Cara, in the lead, came to a halt beside them, looking from one to the other. "Still with the clothes, Lord Rail?

— Terry Goodkind

Cara waggled a hand over the two of them. "It works better with your clothes off." Richard frowned. His voice came as a hoarse croak. "What?" She seemed mystified by the question. "I believe you will find such things work better without clothes." She put her hands to her hips. "I thought you would know at least that much.

— Terry Goodkind

Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.

— Terry Goodkind