“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“I am a sword about to leave its scabbard. I am iron, and in the day's light I shall blind you all.”
― Memories of Ice
― Memories of Ice
“...reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays....”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.”
― Dune
― Dune
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