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“Religion (emulation of adults by the child) encysts past mythologies: guesses, hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, pronouncements people made in search of personal power, all mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always an unspoken commandment: Thou shall not question! We break that commandment daily. Our work is the harnessing of human imagination to our deepest creativity. —Bene Gesserit Credo”
― Frank Herbert, The Second Great Dune Trilogy: God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapter House Dune

“Some of that, I’d rather forget.” “Ah, try to hold onto the part where you got out of it. The victory at the end. Or if not victory, just the fact you survived it.”
― Dick Wybrow, Kane

“A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweet!”
― Terry Pratchett, Making Money

“Oh . . . and Bacon Surprise.’ REALLY? WHAT IS SO SURPRISING ABOUT BACON? ‘I don’t know. I suppose it comes as something of a shock to the pig.”
― Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times