970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

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    I have another kind of sight. I see another kind of terrain: the available paths. The.

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    Do as she says, you wormfaced, crawling, sand-brained piece of lizard turd!

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    What I’m saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don’t condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.

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    To die before coming to the end of willpower, was that not an aristocrat’s choice? He.

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    The night is a tunnel, she thought, a hole into tomorrow...

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    To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There’d be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures.

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    There’s no such thing as equal justice anywhere. It’s unsettling to a society when you try to achieve such a false balance.

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    Chani sat back on her heels, submerging her fears in thought as she studied Paul’s face. This was a trick she had learned from watching the Reverend Mothers. Time could be made to serve the mind.

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    Seeing all the chattering faces, Paul was suddenly repelled by them. They were cheap masks locked on festering thoughts – voices gabbling to drown out the loud silence in every breast.

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