“While you slept, the world changed”
― House of X/Powers of X
― House of X/Powers of X
“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Just as individuals are born, mature, breed, and die, so do societies and civilizations and governments.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
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