“Growing older is to grow more wicked.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“They’re trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“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
“I don't speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“How easy it was to mistake clear reasoning for correct reasoning!”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
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