If the road is easy, you’re likely going the wrong way.

—Terry Goodkind in The Sword of Truth

About Terry Goodkind

Portrait of Terry Goodkind

Terry Lee Goodkind (January 11, 1948 – September 17, 2020) was an American writer. He was known for the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines (2009), which has ties to his fantasy series. The Sword of Truth series...

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Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

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For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press 3.

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Well, while I'm here I'll do the work and what's the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumb show.

—Allen Ginsberg

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This is what the world honors: wealth, eminence, long life, a good name. This is what the world finds happiness in: a life of ease, rich food, fine clothes, beautiful sights, sweet sounds. People who can't get these things fret a great deal and are afraid, wear themselves out rushing around on business, spend night and day scheming and scrutinizing. Man lives his life in company with worry, and if he lives a long time, then he has spent that much time worrying. This is a callous way to treat the body.

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A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

—George Herbert

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