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The ground bucked up under the base commander twice in rapid succession, the first breaking both ankles and leaving him unsupported in midair and the second striking upward at the soles of his feet and shattering the tibia and fibula of ...more
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Frank Herbert
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Frank Herbert, Dune

Frank Herbert
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
Frank Herbert, Dune

Frank Herbert
“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”
Frank Herbert, Dune

Frank Herbert
“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”
Frank Herbert, Dune

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