Dune

Book · 8 characters · 818 quotes · 1965

Quotes from Dune

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"To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Death
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"Dreams are like water dripping into stone. Small at first, but eventually, there is a cavern."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Dreams
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"Rebellion is as old as human history and involves the same extremes."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Politics
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"There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Justice
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains must be possible."
Thufir Hawat
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"I am the son of a Duke. I must be a Duke."
Paul Atreides Leadership
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"He who can destroy a thing controls a thing."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Power
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"I must not fear. Fear is the path to the dark side."
Paul Atreides Fear
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"The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Power
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"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Power
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"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Fear
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"The universe is unfolding as it should."
Paul Atreides
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"The boundaries of our existence are constantly dissolving."
Paul Atreides Philosophy
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"Betrayal is always possible when a man places his faith in others."
Thufir Hawat
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"Fear creates its own kind of sight."
Paul Atreides Fear
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"The way to deal with an impossible task is to plunge in."
Paul Atreides
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"The test of character is what you do when you know no one is watching."
Paul Atreides
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"I am not afraid. I am not afraid."
Paul Atreides Courage
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"The universe is not only queerer than we imagine, it is queerer than we can imagine."
Paul Atreides Philosophy
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"A man who sees what is ahead, beyond the present moment, is a man on whom the gods smile."
Paul Atreides Wisdom
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"Control is the eternal struggle of man against chaos."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Power
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"The test of any man or woman lies in action."
Paul Atreides Motivation
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"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Thufir Hawat Wisdom
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"Truth suffers from too much analysis."
Paul Atreides Truth
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"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."
Paul Atreides Friendship
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"I've heard the prophecies of the Bene Gesserit, the legends they created with their hands and tongues."
Paul Atreides Faith
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"Humans can always be conquered by appealing to their greed and their fear."
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
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"The problem of leadership is inevitably a problem of inadequate tools."
Thufir Hawat Leadership
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"It is impossible to live without failing at something."
Paul Atreides Perseverance
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"Vision is the art of seeing the invisible."
Paul Atreides Imagination