You do not take from this universe, he thought. It grants what it will. - Frank Herbert

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You do not take from this universe, he thought. It grants what it will.

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About Frank Herbert

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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Birth Name: Frank Patrick Herbert
Alternative Names: Franklin Patrick Herbert • Franklin Herbert • Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. • Jr. Frank Patrick Herbert • Jr. Franklin Herbert • Jr. Franklin Patrick Herbert
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What's law? Control? Law filters chaos and what drips through? Serenity? Law — our highest ideal and our basest nature. Don't look too closely at the law. Do, and you'll find the rationalized interpretations, the legal casuistry, the precedents of convenience. You'll find the serenity, which is just another word for death.
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Belief fixes a granular universe and causes that universe to persist. Nothing can be allowed to change because that way your non-moving universe vanishes. But it moves of itself when you do not. It evolves beyond you and is no longer accessible to you.
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