George Kaplan

“... Pour un auteur comme mon mari, un être épuisé par la lecture de tant d'ouvrages, rongé par la rédaction des siens propres, au-delà des honneurs et des satisfecit, se repose immanquablement et à cycle régulier la même question, celle qui nourrit le doute en plus de fonder le désespoir, celle qui par printemps entiers l' accable, le foudroie et l'étreint plus avidement encore qu'un vide ontologique, aussi lancinante et sourde qu'un constat sur le rien, prémices certaines d'apostasie ou de crises autogènes...”
― Serge Joncour, Kenavo

“Muad’Dib’s teachings have become the playground of scholastics, of the superstitious and the corrupt. He taught a balanced way of life, a philosophy with which a human can meet problems arising from an ever-changing universe. He said humankind is still evolving, in a process which will never end. He said this evolution moves on changing principles which are known only to eternity. How can corrupted reasoning play with such an essence?”
― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

“Everything was bathed in a celestial light. I listened to Jack and Lars talk about pinball, motorcycles, female kick-boxing, and was heartwarmed at their attempts to include me in the conversation. Lars offered me a bong hit. The gesture was, to me, tremendously touching and all of a sudden I realized I had been wrong about these people. These were good people, common people; the salt of the earth; people whom I should count myself fortunate to know.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“His father had once said: “There’s unknown all around at every moment. That’s where you seek knowledge.”
― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune