Emily Bambleby

“Ever sift sand through a screen?" she asked.
The tangential slash of her question shocked his mind into a higher awareness: Sand through a screen. He nodded.
"We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“They darted like needles through the morning - they wove the bright May morning into a fabric strong enough to support a party.”
― Jessamyn West, The Friendly Persuasion: A Classic American Saga of Family, Faith, and Love in the Revolutionary Era

“The human requires a background grid through which to see his universe.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Don’t be silly,” she said. “Why would elevators be more advanced than stairs? Obviously, stairs take more effort to climb, are harder to construct, and are far more healthy to use. Therefore, they took longer to develop. Don’t you realize how stupid you sound when you claim otherwise?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians