dune

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
c33d93c	" - from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan"	dune attitude complete knife	Frank Herbert
0e2dc50	"The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be what my father was. I do not have to obey my father's rules or even believe everything he believed. It is my strength as a human that I can make my own choices of what to believe and what not to believe, of what to be and what not to be."	dune growing-up	Frank Herbert
212a089	The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred.	life dune	Frank Herbert
c474a23	What does a mirror look at?	herbert dune frank scifi mirror	Frank Herbert
f8ad833	A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind.	dune	Frank Herbert
4efda80	I see us giving love to each other in a time of quiet between storms. It's what we were meant to do.	love sihaya dune storm paul	Frank Herbert
5720755	"Enter no conflict against fanatics unless you can defuse them. Oppose a religion with another religion only if your proofs (miracles) are irrefutable or if you can mesh in a way that the fanatics accept you as god-inspired. This has long been the barrier to science assuming a mantle of divine revelation. Science is so obviously man-made. Fanatics (and many are fanatic on one subject or another) must know where you stand, but more important, must recognise who whispers in your ear." - Missionaria Protectiva, Primary Teaching."	dune	Frank Herbert
a97b6bb	The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realise about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. A system has order, flowing from point to point. If something dams that flow, order collapses. The untrained might miss that collapse until it was too late. That's why the highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.	science dune wildlife ecology	Frank Herbert
9357057	My Sihaya,' he said as he held her, 'I have loved you for five thousand years.	herbert dune paul	Brian Herbert
ce8b46e	"Are you already training my replacement? Piter demanded. "Replace you? Why, Piter, where could I find another Mentat with your cunning and venom?" "The same place you found me, Baron." "Perhaps I should at that," the Baron mused. "You do seem a bit unstable lately. And the spice you eat!" "Are my pleasures too expensive, Baron? Do you object to them?" "My dear Piter, your pleasures are what tie you to me. How could I object to that?"	harkonnen piter-de-vries dune	Frank Herbert
64fc296	Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded.	dune	frank herbert
bd730a0	These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness	virtue history good morality goodness faith religion religious belief-systems dune-arrakis dune-house-atreides evil-men falsehoods justice-of-god dune-messiah dune moral-law religion-philosophy falsehood historical-perspective history-of-thought history-of-mankind belief-system religion-spirituality religious-faith historical beliefs religions moral virtues morals evil	Frank Herbert
2d56167	El misterio de la vida no es problema que hay que resolver, sino una realidad que hay que experimentar.	existence reality life existencial dune science-fiction realidad vida	Frank Herbert
0d7bbc2	"Sometimes I wonder about Piter," the Baron said. "I cause pain out of necessity, but he...I swear he takes a positive delight in it." -Baron Vladimir"	harkonnen piter-de-vries dune	Frank Herbert
c178294	"Come, come," the Baron said. "We don't have much time and pain is quick. Please don't bring it to this, my dear Duke." The Baron looked up at Piter who stood at Leto's shoulder. "Piter doesn't have all his tools here, but I'm sure he could improvise." "Improvisation is sometimes the best, Baron."	harkonnen piter-de-vries dune	Frank Herbert
a25f594	Ah! Indeed but! But he consumes too much spice, eats it like candy. Look at his eyes! He might have come directly from the Arrakeen labor pool. Efficient, Piter, but he's still emotional and prone to passionate outbursts. Efficient, Piter, but he still can err. -Baron Vladimir	harkonnen piter-de-vries dune	Frank Herbert
0ca6bf6	There's coffee for those who want it,' the Duke said.	dune	Frank Herbert

" - from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan"

Frank Herbert

0e2dc50

"The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be what my father was. I do not have to obey my father's rules or even believe everything he believed. It is my strength as a human that I can make my own choices of what to believe and what not to believe, of what to be and what not to be."

dune growing-up

Frank Herbert

212a089

The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred.

life dune

Frank Herbert

c474a23

What does a mirror look at?

herbert dune frank scifi mirror

Frank Herbert

f8ad833

A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind.

dune

Frank Herbert

4efda80

I see us giving love to each other in a time of quiet between storms. It's what we were meant to do.

love sihaya dune storm paul

Frank Herbert

5720755

"Enter no conflict against fanatics unless you can defuse them. Oppose a religion with another religion only if your proofs (miracles) are irrefutable or if you can mesh in a way that the fanatics accept you as god-inspired. This has long been the barrier to science assuming a mantle of divine revelation. Science is so obviously man-made. Fanatics (and many are fanatic on one subject or another) must know where you stand, but more important, must recognise who whispers in your ear." - Missionaria Protectiva, Primary Teaching."

dune

Frank Herbert

a97b6bb

The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realise about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. A system has order, flowing from point to point. If something dams that flow, order collapses. The untrained might miss that collapse until it was too late. That's why the highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.

science dune wildlife ecology

Frank Herbert

9357057

My Sihaya,' he said as he held her, 'I have loved you for five thousand years.

herbert dune paul

Brian Herbert

ce8b46e

"Are you already training my replacement? Piter demanded. "Replace you? Why, Piter, where could I find another Mentat with your cunning and venom?" "The same place you found me, Baron." "Perhaps I should at that," the Baron mused. "You do seem a bit unstable lately. And the spice you eat!" "Are my pleasures too expensive, Baron? Do you object to them?" "My dear Piter, your pleasures are what tie you to me. How could I object to that?"

harkonnen piter-de-vries dune

Frank Herbert

64fc296

Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded.

dune

frank herbert

bd730a0

These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness

virtue history good morality goodness faith religion religious belief-systems dune-arrakis dune-house-atreides evil-men falsehoods justice-of-god dune-messiah dune moral-law religion-philosophy falsehood historical-perspective history-of-thought history-of-mankind belief-system religion-spirituality religious-faith historical beliefs religions moral virtues morals evil

Frank Herbert

2d56167

El misterio de la vida no es problema que hay que resolver, sino una realidad que hay que experimentar.

existence reality life existencial dune science-fiction realidad vida

Frank Herbert

0d7bbc2

"Sometimes I wonder about Piter," the Baron said. "I cause pain out of necessity, but he...I swear he takes a positive delight in it." -Baron Vladimir"

harkonnen piter-de-vries dune

Frank Herbert

c178294

"Come, come," the Baron said. "We don't have much time and pain is quick. Please don't bring it to this, my dear Duke." The Baron looked up at Piter who stood at Leto's shoulder. "Piter doesn't have all his tools here, but I'm sure he could improvise." "Improvisation is sometimes the best, Baron."

harkonnen piter-de-vries dune

Frank Herbert

a25f594

Ah! Indeed but! But he consumes too much spice, eats it like candy. Look at his eyes! He might have come directly from the Arrakeen labor pool. Efficient, Piter, but he's still emotional and prone to passionate outbursts. Efficient, Piter, but he still can err. -Baron Vladimir

harkonnen piter-de-vries dune

Frank Herbert

0ca6bf6

There's coffee for those who want it,' the Duke said.

dune

Frank Herbert