Quotes from Frank Herbert

But he felt nothing except: Here's an important fact. It was one with all the other facts.

The Duke felt in this moment that his own dearest dream was to end all class distinctions and never again think of deadly order.

Are we a troop together or a band of savages?

And Jessica, noting the words and manner, caught the deeper implications in the phrase, "the body's water.

She hated the water then, inspired by the worm's fear. Water, once the spirit-soul of Arrakis, had become a poison. Water brought pestilence. Only the desert was clean.

All gods have this problem, Hwi. In the perception of deeper needs, I must often ignore the immediate ones. Not addressing immediate needs is an offense to the young. Could you not reason with her and... Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!

Il n'est probablement pas de révélation plus terrible que l'instant où vous découvrez que votre père est un homme... fait de chair.

the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience

Muad'Dib gave us a particular kind of knowledge about prophetic insight, about the behaviour which surrounds such insight and its influence upon events whcih are seen to be on line. (That is, events which are set to occur in a related system which the prophet reveals and interprets.) As has been noted elsewhere, such insight operates as a peculiar trap for the prophet himself. He can become the victim of what he knows — which is a relatively common human failing.

The Fremen must be brave to live at the edge of that desert. By all accounts. They compose poems to their knives.

You have defiled my honor!" Stilgar cried. "This is neutral—" "Shut up!" Idaho glared at the shocked Naib. "You wear a collar, Stilgar! " It was one of the three most deadly insults which could be directed at a Fremen. Stilgar's face went pale. "You are a servant," Idaho said. "You've sold Fremen for their water." This was the second most deadly insult, the one which had destroyed the original Jacurutu.

The three legs of the agreement-tripod are desire, data and doubt. Accuracy and honesty have little to do with it.