“the drowning man who climbs on your shoulders to save himself is understandable—except when you see it happen in the drawing room.”

― Frank Herbert

“Gurney says there’s no artistry in killing with the tip, that it should be done with the edge.”

― Frank Herbert

“My father rules an entire planet." "He's losing it.”

― Frank Herbert

“Time could be made to serve the mind.”

― Frank Herbert

“The universe is full of doors.”

― Frank Herbert

“I observed you in pain, lad. Pain’s merely the axis of the test. Your mother’s told you about our ways of observing. I see the signs of her teaching in you. Our test is crisis and observation.”

― Frank Herbert

“A duke's son MUST know about poisons. It's the way of our times.”

― Frank Herbert

“How the mind gears itself for its environment, she thought. And she recalled a Bene Gesserit axiom: “The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”

― Frank Herbert

Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans in the finite space of a planetary ecosystem as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive.   —Pardot”

― Frank Herbert

“Beginnings are such delicate times.”

― Frank Herbert

“He straightened, assuming an odd attitude of dignity – as though it were another mask.”

― Frank Herbert

“He was warrior and mystic, ogre and saint, the fox and the innocent, chivalrous, ruthless, less than a god, more than a man.”

― Frank Herbert

“And he thought: I’m a seed

― Frank Herbert

“He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals, and a people reverts to a mob.”

― Frank Herbert

“Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives.”

― Frank Herbert


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