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“They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“Here lies a toppled god.
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.”
― Dune Messiah
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.”
― Dune Messiah
“There are many degrees of sight and many degrees of blindness. What senses do we lack that we cannot see another world all around us?”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“When the Greeks got the gospel, they turned it into a philosophy; when the Romans got it, they turned it into a government; when the Europeans got it, they turned it into a culture; and when the Americans got it, they turned it into a business.”
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“Culture! They dispense culture the better to rule. Beauty! They promote the beauty which enslaves. They create a literate ignorance—easiest thing of all. They leave nothing to chance. Chains! Everything they do forges chains, enslaves. But slaves always revolt.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
Matthew McGowan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Matthew McGowan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,139 books
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65 friends
135 books
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21 friends
663 books
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5 friends
593 books
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24 friends
44 books
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4 friends
167 books
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110 friends
161 books
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42 friends
13 books
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15 friends
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