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“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Are you under the impression that the object of everyone else’s love actually exists?” “Is that even a question?” “Sure. For the majority of people, what they love exists only in the imagination. The object of their love is not the man or woman of reality, but what he or she is like in their imagination. The person in reality is just a template used for the creation of this dream lover. Eventually, they find out the differences between their dream lover and the template. If they can get used to those differences, then they can be together. If not, they split up. It’s as simple as that. You differ from the majority in one respect: You didn’t need a template.”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
“It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of 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
“The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind.”
― Dune
― Dune
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