“There are no facts—only observational postulates in an endlessly regenerative hodgepodge of predictions. Consensus reality requires a fixed frame of reference. In a multi-level, infinite universe, there can be no fixity; thus, no absolute consensus reality. In a relativistic universe, it appears impossible to test the reliability of any expert by requiring him to agree with another expert. Both can be correct, each in his own inertial system. Bene Gesserit Azhar Book”
― Dune: House Corrino
― Dune: House Corrino
“The compound forms a hard bolus and lodges in the stomach wall. It’s metabolically bisturbile.”
― Scoundrels: Her Majesty's Pleasure
― Scoundrels: Her Majesty's Pleasure
“Here’s to bloody wars and dread diseases,”
― Persuader
― Persuader
“Too many people, possibly even the majority of them, were all too content to let others do that thinking and analysis for them.”
― Lesser Evil
― Lesser Evil
“Maybe he thinks you’re an agent of deep state oppression. We’re dealing with an old guy with a ponytail here.”
― Past Tense
― Past Tense
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