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reading Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

“I belong to a vision.”

"Some say that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: ‘See, there He is. He makes us one.’ ...Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m’Lord."

"The wise man molds himself—the fool lives only to die."

“When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.”