I intend to create a new work of art, all my own. A still life, of sorts. You three will be vital parts of the process. Rejoice in your good fortune. In the sterile environment of the laboratory, with...
As a human being, I was born on the brink of personal destruction, and I have spent my life dancing along the edge of that cliff.
The Baron felt cold inside, certain that even the most careful manipulations would not stand up to the close scrutiny of these demonic auditors.
You carve wounds upon my flesh and write there in salt!
When the shepherd is a wolf, the flock becomes only so much meat.
We humans exist on hope. It’s what separates us from thinking machines.
We are animals, yet are expected to be so much more. Although honor requires us to make altruistic decisions, even acting for the benefit of other people keeps coming back to self-interest, no matter...
The simplest solution is an immediate cessation of all hostilities between you and the League of Nobles, Vidad said to Omnius. You keep your Synchronized Worlds, and the free humans keep their League...
Some say it is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven. That is a defeatist attitude. I intend to rule everywhere, not just in Hell.- General Agamemnon
Seeker, who says religion is the way to God?
Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence. —Caedmon Erb, Politics and Reality
My father lied to me! He distorted the events, taking credit, hiding the extent of the brutality and suffering—even Omnius knew it. On the other hand, Serena had told him the truth.
Jool Noret, we admire you. You are the scourge of Omnius. I am merely doing my job.
It is said that there is nothing firm, nothing balanced, nothing durable in all the universe -- that nothing remains in its original state, that each day, each hour, each moment, there is change.
Every hammer has the innate capacity to strike a nail. Every human mind has the innate capacity for greatness. But not every hammer is properly used, nor is every human mind.
Eventually, if Quinto Paolo succeeded in his mission, at least Vorian Atreides would understand. Xavier asked for nothing more.
A man may fight the greatest enemy, take the longest journey, survive the most grievous wound -- and still be helpless in the hands of the woman he loves.
What is this Love that so many speak of with such apparent familiarity? Do they truly comprehend how unattainable it is? Are there not as many definitions of Love as there are stars in the universe?
Some people consider facts to be dangerous things that must be locked away and carefully guarded. But I consider mysteries a far greater threat. We should seek answers wherever possible, regardless of...
No one has yet determined the power of the human species . . . what it may perform by instinct, and what it may accomplish with rational determination.