“Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?”

“If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.”

“Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.”

“Why do gentlemen's voices carry so clearly, when women's are so easily stifled?”

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”

“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”

“Life is about growth and change. When you are no longer doing that — that is your whisper; that is your whisper that you are supposed to do something else.”

“The truth was, I wasn't sure. But I wanted to keep believing people could change, and it was certainly easier to do so when you were in the midst of it.”

“You can’t tuck your hair back the way you would, you can’t wipe away tears the way you would, because you’ve got nails that are an inch long. All your mannerisms change easily, when you have inch-long acrylic nails.”