Stone of Tears, by Terry Goodkind

"No one knows everything. You can't expect to walk through life without stepping in the muck now and again. The important thing is to maintain your footing when you do, and not fall on your face and make it worse."
~Zed, pg. 396

Wizard's First Rule, Terry Goodkind

"You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere."
~Birdman, pg. 384

"It is only by action in the present that we can change what otherwise will come to pass. Have the wisdom to use the truth to your advantage, don't simply rail against it."
~Shota, pg. 461

"We all can be only who we are, no more, and no less, Mistress Denna."
~Richard, pg. 697

Slaughterhouse V, by Kurt Vonnegut

"Why me?"
"That is a very earthling question, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?"
"Yes."
"Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why."
~Bill Pilgrim and a Tralfamadorian, pg. 97

"All time is time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber."
~A Tralfamadorian, pg. 109

Miscellaneous Quotes (Authors/Books given)

"Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand."
~Gorath, Krondor the Betrayal by Raymond E. Feist, pg. 213

"Just remember, my boy, you cannot outrun your demons. They will catch you. Best face them."
~Jakub, Myrren's Gift by Fiona McIntosh, pg. 264

"Nightmares do not last forever, Aric. In time we wake, and a new day greets us."
~Prince Daralor, The Sword of Angels by John Marco, pg. 719

"Oh, 'twould be marvelous if the world and its moral questions were like some game board, with plain black players and white, and fixed rules, and nary a shade of grey."
~Croaker (Annals), The Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook, pg. 367

"Right, wrong, doesn't matter. Just do something."
~Stephanie, The Alexandria Link by Steve Barry, pg. 204

"Truths could never be forgotten--there was no way to change what was. Like trying to take back words that had already been spoken."
~Chane, Sister of the Dead by Barb & J. C. Hendee, pg. 224

"It is unwise to dance with wishes unless you've the mettle for it. Wishing for what is not is a fast way to poison your heart."
~Inurian, Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley, pg. 82

"Faith is easy when you're standing in front of a miracle. The real test of faith is when there aren't any signs."
~Reilly, The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury, pg. 244

"You make a choice and it works out and you think it was the right one. But maybe you just got lucky. If you made that choice a second time, you might end up dead."
~Logan Tom, The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks, pg. 228

Watchmen, by Alan Moore

"The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!'... And I'll look down and whisper 'No.'"
~Rorschach, pg. 1 (Chapter/Issue 1)

"We do what we have to do. Others bury their heads between the swollen teats of indulgence and gratification, piglets squirming beneath a sow for shelter... But there is no shelter... And the future is bearing down like an express train."
~Rorschach, pg. 26 (Chapter/Issue 2)

"We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings."
~Dr. Manhattan, pg. 5 (Chapter/Issue 9)

"Some of us have always lived on edge, Daniel. It is possible to survive there if you observe rules. Just hang on by fingernails... And never look down."
~Rorschach, pg. 5 (Chapter/Issue 10)

Battling the Beast Within, by David Williams

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, fabulous, and talented? Actually, who are you not to be all these things? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us. It is in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same."
~Nelson Mandela's Inaugural Address to the people of South Africa, 1994 [in the book]

"It's courage and character that make the difference between players and great players; between great surgeons the ones who bury their mistakes."
~Coach Pete Carril, pg. 107

"It is better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
~Carl Sagan, pg. 124

Waylander, by David Gemmell

"I recall a phrase the abbot used when I was a novitiate. He said 'When a fool sees himself as he is, then he is a fool no longer, and when a wise man learns of his own wisdom, then he becomes a fool.' This caused me great trouble, for it seemed mere wordplay. But after many years I have come to this conclusion: that only in certainity is there moral danger. Doubt is the gift we must cherish, for it forces us to question our motives constantly. It guides us to truth. I do not know if we chose wisely the path we now walk. I do not know if we are right in what we do. But we walk it in faith."
~Astila, pg. 262