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Heretics of Dune (Dune #5)

by Frank Herbert

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― Alexander Pope

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“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.”
― Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon and Other Stories

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“Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

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“Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”
― Susan Sontag

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“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
― Henry Louis Gates Jr

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