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Dune, was published in 1969. In that book, he flipped over what he called the “myth of the hero”
“Man, driving through town tonight brought back a lot of memories,” Marshall says, lowering his voice. “I’ve been through a lot of shit, man. If I sit and think back on it, it’s really fucked up. I mean, all my life has been fucked up.”
― Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem
― Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem
“The man without emotions is the one to fear.”
― Dune
― Dune
“These things are so ancient within us,” Paul said, “that they’re ground into each separate cell of our bodies. We’re shaped by such forces. You can say to yourself, ‘Yes, I see how such a thing may be.’ But when you look inward and confront the raw force of your own life unshielded, you see your peril. You see that this could overwhelm you. The greatest peril to the Giver is the force that takes. The greatest peril to the Taker is the force that gives. It’s as easy to be overwhelmed by giving as by taking.”
― Dune
― Dune
“he told Byam he had rather die than live upon the same earth with such dogs.”
― Oroonoko
― Oroonoko
“The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a freezing of caste, a damming of curiosity—a hundred other factors. It has been going on, as I have said, for centuries, and it is too majestic and massive a movement to stop.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
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