Ilias Kout

“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

“It was mostly sweet," he whispered, "and you were the sweetest of all.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

“And loyalty is a valued commodity. It can be sold . . . not bought, but sold.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah