She thought of the boy's features as an exquisite distillation out of random patterns-endless queues of happenstance meeting at this nexus. - Frank Herbert
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She thought of the boy's features as an exquisite distillation out of random patterns-endless queues of happenstance meeting at this nexus.
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (8 October 1920 – 11 February 1986) was an American science-fiction writer, most famous for his Dune novels.
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"When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom."
Better a dry morsel and quietness therewith than a house full of sacrifice and strife.
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How do we approach the study of Muad’Dib’s father? A man of surpassing warmth and surprising coldness was the Duke Leto Atreides. Yet, many facts open the way to this Duke: his abiding love for his Bene Gesserit lady; the dreams he held for his son; the devotion with which men served him. You see him there — a man snared by Destiny, a lonely figure with his light dimmed behind the glory of his son. Still, one must ask: What is the son but an extension of the father?
