“The curious thing about war—about so many things—was the number of critically important things that no one could know.”
― The Spider's War
― The Spider's War
“The aristocrat’s unspoken duty—to teach, and sometimes by horrible example.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“Ambitions tend to remain undisturbed by realities,”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
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