You are a child seeking to be a man. When you are a man, you will seek in vain for the child you were. - Frank Herbert

Flesh that had cried in ecstasy, eyes that had burned him with their desire, the voice that had charmed him because it played no tricks of subtle control — all gone, back into the water and the sand.

Gods need take no responsibility for anything except genesis. Gods accept everything and thus accept nothing. Gods must be identifiable yet remain anonymous. Gods do not need a spirit world.

Even an Emperor may tremble before Muad’Dib, for he has the strength of righteousness and heaven smiles upon him.