“A person cries out in life because it's lonely and because life's been broken off from whatever created it. But no matter… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Some never participate. Life happens to them. They get by on little more than dumb persistence and resist with anger or violence… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Do you wrestle with dreams? Do you contend with shadows? Do you move in a kind of sleep? Time has slipped away.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“To exist is to stand out, away from the background," The Preacher said. "You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“The body, learning a thing is good for it, interprets the flavor as pleasurable—slightly euphoric. And, like life, never to be truly… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Abandon certainty! That's life's deepest command. That's what life's all about. We're a probe into the unknown, into the uncertain. Why can't… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“One of the most terrible moments in a boy’s life,” Paul said, “is when he discovers his father and mother are human… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“A sophisticated human can become primitive. What this really means is that the human's way of life changes. Old values change, become… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort. They were… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty—which was to step aside and vanish into history.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“What we should have done was test the gift first. We should have probed for dangers. We were too bedazzled by it, though.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed, Stil, how beautiful the young women are this year?” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Humans are born with a susceptibility to that most persistent and debilitating disease of intellect: self-deception. The best of all possible worlds and the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of this speed.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“The assumption that a whole system can be made to work better through an assault on its conscious elements betrays a dangerous ignorance. This… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
