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“The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“...a book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands. If for a hundred and a hundred years everyone had been able freely to handle our codices, the majority of them would no longer exist. So the librarian protects them not only against mankind but also against nature, and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion, the enemy of truth.”
― The Name of the Rose
― The Name of the Rose
“Reason is the first victim of strong emotion," Scytale murmured.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“I have said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men. This I have known ever since I stretched out my fingers to the abomination within that great gilded frame; stretched out my fingers and touched a cold and unyielding surface of polished glass.”
― The Outsider
― The Outsider
Arabian Nights
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A haven for Arab readers who believe in change and embrace it, with respect to our ever old heritage.
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