“I think men who lust for power are capable of almost anything.”
― Furies of Calderon
― Furies of Calderon
“Her tears were blinding her, the grief in her heart new, for until now she had never owned anything worth grieving for.”
― The Thorn Birds
― The Thorn Birds
“If wishes were fishes we’d all cast nets,” he murmured. It was his mother’s expression and he always used it when he felt the blackness of tomorrow on him. Then he thought what an odd expression that was to be taking to a planet that had never known seas or fishes.”
― Dune
― Dune
“How oft with disappointment have I met,
When I on fading things my hopes have set?”
― The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse
When I on fading things my hopes have set?”
― The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse
“He lifted a naked kindjal from the table and held it up. “This in the hand of an enemy can let out your life’s blood! You’re an apt pupil, none better, but I’ve warned you that not even in play do you let a man inside your guard with death in his hand.” “I guess I’m not in the mood for it today,” Paul said. “Mood?” Halleck’s voice betrayed his outrage even through the shield’s filtering. “What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood’s a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It’s not for fighting.”
― Dune
― Dune
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