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  1. Brian Herbert _ House Atreides

    A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. - FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes
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  2. Brian Herbert _ Dreamer of Dune: The Biography

    Written words, if carefully laid down, represent the civilized ideal of reason.
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  3. Brian Herbert _ House Corrino

    When the shepherd is a wolf, the flock becomes only so much meat.
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  4. Brian Herbert _ Hunters of Dune

    All life is a series of seemingly insignificant tasks and decisions, culminating in the definition of an individual and her purpose in life.
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  5. Brian Herbert _ Sisterhood of Dune

    Despite an appearance of infallibility, computer projections are not prescient. -TICIA CENVA, former leader of the Sorceresses of Rossak
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  6. Brian Herbert _ House Atreides

    'I must not fear,' " she intoned, her eyes closed. " 'Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.' " It
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  7. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    The narrow mind erects stubborn barriers," her mother had once told her. "But against those barriers, words are formidable weapons.
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  8. Brian Herbert _ Mentats of Dune

    Human imagination is a powerful thing. It can be a sanctuary from difficult times, a catalyst to change society, or the impetus to create marvelous works of art. On the other hand, an overabundance of imagination can inspire paranoia that impairs one's ability to interact with reality. -Suk School Manual, Psychological Studies
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  9. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    Consciousness and logic are not reliable standards. -COGITORS, Fundamental Postulate
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  10. Brian Herbert _ Paul Of Dune

    Politics is a tangled web, an intricate labyrinth, an ever-shifting kaleidoscopic pattern. And it is not pretty.
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  11. Brian Herbert _ House Harkonnen

    The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We pay for every change we make . . . and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change. -Guild Bank Annals, Philosophical Register
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  12. Brian Herbert _ House Harkonnen

    Dreams are as simple or as complicated as the dreamer. -LIET-KYNES,
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