There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh. - Frank Herbert

"It isn't surprising," Piaget said, "to find the 'N-square' law from warfare being applied to advertising and politics — other kinds of warfare, you see — with no real conversion problem from one field to the other. Each has its concepts of concentration and exposure. The mathematics of differentials and predictions apply equally well, no matter the field of battle".

"It's a beautiful morning, Sire," the guard said

"Yes, it is."

The Duke nodded, thinking: Perhaps this planet could grow on one. Perhaps it could ba a good home for my son.

Then he saw the human figures moving into the flower fields, sweeping with them strange scythe-like devices — dew gatherers. Water so precious here that even the dew must be collected.

And it could be a hideous place, the Duke thought.

All rebels are closet aristocrats. That’s why I can convert them so easily.