“The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be what my father was. I do not have to obey my father's rules or even believe everything he believed. It is my strength as a human that I can make my own choices of what to believe and what not to believe, of what to be and what not to be.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“No matter how you care to define it, I do not identify with the local group. Planet, species, race, nation, state, religion, party, union, club, association, neighborhood improvement committee; I have no interest in any of it. I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to.”
― Brain Droppings
― Brain Droppings
“What do you despise? By this are you truly known.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.
-Words of Muad'dib by Princess Irulan.”
― Dune Messiah
-Words of Muad'dib by Princess Irulan.”
― Dune Messiah
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