Dune Bene Gesserit Quotes & Sayings

for every shadow there is a light casting upon it and for every light there is a shadow to be created — Thomas Conway

No matter where you go in the world, a German will have beaten you there, clad in a sweaty black T-shirt and a smug expression. — Claire Dederer

The premise of Ezequiel Morsella's PRISM model7,8 is that consciousness originally evolved for the delightfully mundane purpose of mediating conflicting motor commands to the skeletal muscles. (I have to point out that exactly the same sort of conflict - the impulse to withdraw one's hand from a painful stimulus, versus the knowledge that you'll die if you act on that impulse - was exactly how the Bene Gesserit assessed whether Paul Atreides qualified as "Human" during their gom jabbar test in Frank Herbert's Dune.) — Peter Watts

You will never know love's depth, until it is gone. — Shannon L. Alder

Children who are not loved themselves often find it difficult to love others. — Patricia St. John

You approach the Mullahs as if they are normal people. They are not. You see them in your own image; you should not. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

This is starting to look less like a rescue mission and more like you going on a leisurely road trip with two hot chicks," Nine grumbles.
Sarah rolls her eyes. I glare at Nine. "It's not like that. You know we need you here, in case something happens."
"Yeah, I'm backup," he snorts. "Johnny, do I have to start dating you to get some action around here?"
Sarah winks at him. "It might help."
Nine looks me over. "Ugh. Not worth it. — Pittacus Lore

Bring it,muthafuckas.Bring it. — Kevin Hearne

Enter no conflict against fanatics unless you can defuse them. Oppose a religion with another religion only if your proofs (miracles) are irrefutable or if you can mesh in a way that the fanatics accept you as god-inspired. This has long been the barrier to science assuming a mantle of divine revelation. Science is so obviously man-made. Fanatics (and many are fanatic on one subject or another) must know where you stand, but more important, must recognise who whispers in your ear. - Missionaria Protectiva, Primary Teaching. — Frank Herbert