970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

Move slowly and the day of your revenge will come,” Tuek said. “Speed is a device of Shaitan. Cool your sorrow–we’ve the diversions for it; three things there are that ease the heart–water, green grass, and the beauty of woman.

I should’ve suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive.

Do not make the error of considering my son a child,” the Duke said. And he smiled.

Review, friends – troops long past review,” the Duke intoned. “All to fate a weight of pains and dollars. Their spirits wear our silver collars. Review, friends – troops long past review: Each a dot of time without pretense or guile. With them passes the lure of fortune. Review, friends – troops long past review. When our time ends on its rictus smile, we’ll pass the lure of fortune.

A man’s flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.

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He could close his eyes and recall the shouts of the crowds. So that is what they hope, he thought. And he remembered what the old Reverend Mother had said: Kwisatz Haderach. The memories touched his feelings of terrible purpose, shading this strange world.

Control the coinage and the courts – let the rabble have the rest.

The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.′ And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning, ‘That path leads ever down into stagnation.