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“Chapterhouse and its few remaining subsidiaries were nurseries of an order founded in sharing and Sharing. Not based on innocence. That had been lost long ago. It was set firmly in political consciousness and a view of history independent of other laws and customs.”

Perhaps the best aspect of the Dune books for me is that they never go where I expect but that alone is also what keeps me coming back. 2 books to go, and it’s clear Frank was cooking when he passed.

To a Reverend Mother, the Bene Gesserit is all

When a mentat loves, *if* he could love…

Just a pair of mentat-gholas here, nothing dubious

Futars, man

The Dar & Tar saga is a wild direction and I’m here for it

The siege of the Agriont!

Can’t read fast enough!

I can’t devour this quickly enough! Abercrombie truly is Lord Grimdark!

I can’t devour this fast enough!! Abercrombie is truly Lord Grimdark.

“…I’m less now that he’s gone, and so are all of you.”

So far, it’s everything I wanted it to be! Just an awesome story!

Been excited to read this for a while! Can’t wait to see where the trilogy finishes.

Wow! Crackling pace! I don’t think I’ve sprinted/flown through a book faster in my life. Nice to get a few baseball vibes in while the season starts up this year.

The shadow of that hideous strength! Sax mile high and more it is of length!

Dr. Ambrosius, at your service

“This is the courtesy of Deep Heaven: that when you mean well, He always takes you to have meant better than you knew. It will not be enough for always. He is very jealous. He will have you for no one but Himself in the end. But for tonight, it is enough.”

“Dreams of the far future destiny of man were dragging up from its shallow and unquiet grave the old dream of Man as God...And now, all this had reached the stage at which its dark contrivers thought they could safely begin to bend it back so that it would meet that other and earlier kind of power. Indeed they were choosing the first moment at which this could have been done.”

“They would say that you do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but have lost love because you never attempted obedience.”

“…If you hear anyone backbiting the NICE police, tell him where he gets off. If you hear anyone comparing them to the Gestapo or the Ogpu, tell him you’ve heard that one before. If you hear anyone talking about the liberties of England…watch that man. He’s the enemy. Tell him from me that NICE is the boxing glove on the democracy’s fist, and if he doesn’t like it, he’d best get out of the way.”

“She was at least very vividly aware how much a woman gives up in getting married. Mark seemed to her insufficiently aware of this… this fear of being invaded and entangled was the deepest ground of her determination not to have a child—or not for a long time yet. One had one’s own life to live.”

Taumoeba on the brain…and the fuel tank

John, Paul, George, Ringo, and Pete