Ben Sugden

“The mind imposes this framework which it calls ‘reality’. That arbitrary framework has a tendency to be quite independent of what your senses report.”
― Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

“Any day could be the last of life or liberty, so small pleasures were always worth pursuing.”
― Lee Child, The Affair

“The three legs of the agreement-tripod are desire, data and doubt. Accuracy and honesty have little to do with it.”
― Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

“Suppose twenty years ago Congress had proposed a law saying every citizen had to wear a radio transponder around his neck, all day and all night, so the government could track him wherever he went. Can you imagine the outrage? But instead the citizens went right ahead and did it to themselves. In their pockets and purses, not around their necks, but the outcome is the same.”
― Lee Child, A Wanted Man