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“Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“The wise man molds himself—the fool lives only to die.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

“There was a man so wise,
He jumped into
A sandy place
And burnt out both his eyes!
And when he knew his eyes were gone,
He offered no complaint.
He summoned up a vision
And made himself a saint.
-Children's Verse
from History of Muad'dib”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

“We have eternity, beloved."
"You may have eternity. I have only now."
"But this is eternity.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah