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Pedro Mendes is on page 132 of 587

"Oh, yes. He says that the all-male army has a strong tendency towards homosexual activities"
"The homosexual, latent or otherwise, who maintains that condition for reasons which could be purely psychological,tends to indulge in pain-causing behaviour -seeking it for himself and inflicting it upon others.Lord Leto says this goes back to the testing behaviour in the prehistoric pack"

Art mimics reality, insane quotes

— Aug 08, 2025 03:59AM

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Pedro Mendes is on page 420 of 587

Most civilization is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even children to breathe slowly. You tame.

— Aug 20, 2025 08:31AM

Pedro Mendes is on page 392 of 587

"What are you saying? Each of us comes into being knowing who he is and what he is supposed to do."
Moneo opened his mouth but closed it without speaking.
"Small children know," Leto said. "It's only after adults have confused them that children hide this knowledge even from themselves. Moneo! Uncover yourself!"

Beautiful 🫶🏼

— Aug 19, 2025 03:24AM

Pedro Mendes is on page 296 of 587

Still on the same page, but this book is actually turning into something so, so nice and yet so frustrating. It's all riddles, but we are slowly understanding the multitude of what the main character wants to achieve, and how he really feels. I don't think I will every fully grasp what Herbert's genius intended, but I am coming closer to it and loving it

— Aug 15, 2025 01:03AM

Pedro Mendes is on page 296 of 587

"The target of the Jihad was a machine-attitude as much as the machines," Leto said. "Humans had set those machines to usurp our sense of beauty, our necessary seldom out of which we make living judgments. Naturally, those machines were destroyed"

— Aug 15, 2025 12:41AM

Pedro Mendes is on page 278 of 587

Tenho-me esquecido de atualizar isto, mas está a ser muito top agora, está a começar a fazer sentido e a revelar coisas

— Aug 14, 2025 03:56AM

Pedro Mendes is on page 102 of 587

Still weird

— Aug 07, 2025 06:20AM

Pedro Mendes is on page 62 of 587

I don't know guys, this one is hella different

— Aug 05, 2025 04:04AM

Pedro Mendes is on page 31 of 587

What the fuck

— Aug 03, 2025 03:20AM

Pedro Mendes is starting

Going to start this tomorrow. I may start "Deep Work", "The Mountain is You" or "Ego is the Enemy" at the same time to read a fiction/non fiction book, but I don't know yet.

— Aug 02, 2025 02:54AM