Severed Souls Quotes

“He knew, though, that there was no such thing as fair in life. Existence had no agenda. Life simply existed. It was up to them to fight for life to be worthwhile and good if that was what they wanted.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“You can’t help how you feel and I understand that. Sometimes a person can’t talk their heart out of how it feels, despite how hard you try.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“Expanded beyond its rational bounds, hate exists entirely in the realm of raw emotion, where it ceases to serve a useful purpose, and instead becomes a powerful corrosive that eats away at the fabric of civilization itself, at the very ability of people to interact peacefully. It spawns fights among children and among neighbors, it spawns wars, it spawns genocide and slaughter. It's present in every great land and every tiny village. It creates bullies and tyrants. That unquenchable, passionate, rampant flaw is universal throughout mankind.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“The good in life is what quenches hatred in normal people, the way a smile can calm a quarrel. But in those people who carry this flaw, their hatred burns so hot they come to hate what is good in life specifically because they don’t want to stop hating. Hatred becomes the driving purpose of their lives. They live to hate.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“Since the dawn of man, there have always been people bent on harming others. There have been periods of peace and enlightenment, and there have been dark times, but through it all, mankind survived. That cycle has repeated itself over and over. It wasn’t always easy, and despite those who would have it otherwise, life went on.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“Hatred has such powerful emotions attached to it that others take it up out of fear. In that way, hate spreads like panic in a crowd.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“Nicci hugged her back. “You do know, don’t you, that I also love you?”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“It’s so good to see you,” she whispered privately in the midst of the crowd. When she held him, there was no crowd, there was only him. There was always only him in her heart and soul.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“You either had to fight evil as you encountered it, or evil would come to control your life.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“I think old age is nature’s way of preparing us for death, making us more willing to take our leave of this world.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“You are not struggling to rule, but to give others a chance at ruling their own lives. So stop ruling and let them live those lives.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“He wanted to know things, not reveal them.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“It wasn’t possible to reason with people who were irrational. That was what made irrational people so profoundly dangerous.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“Zedd had told him that living for those you love was the best part of living. Richard”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“Richard’s mind was filled with the flow and form of the dance with death, the way of a war wizard. He was lost in that dance he had come to know so well.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“Have you heard the old adage advising to always grow oleanders at your back door?” Nicci asked.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls

“that girl has a temper. a very bad temper."
"and you don't?" richard asked.
"not like hers.”
― Terry Goodkind, Severed Souls