The Only Past Which Endures Lies Wordlessly

The Meeting Between Ignorance And Knowledge, Between Brutality And Culture - It Begins In The Dignity With Which We Treat The Dead

Survival Is The Ability To Swim In Strange Water.

When I Was Writing Dune There Was No Room In My Mind For Concerns About The Book's Success Or Failure. I Was Concerned Only With The Writing. Six Years Of Research Had Preceded The Day I Sat Down To Put The Story Together, And The Interweaving Of The Many Plot Layers I Had Planned Required A Degree Of Concentration I Had Never Before Experienced.

What Greater Gift Is There Than To Demonstrate You Need Not Fear Death?

The Best Prophets Lead You Up To The Curtain And Let You Peer Through For Yourself.