Dune: The inspiration for the blockbuster film (The Dune Sequence Book 1)

In politics, the tripod is the most unstable of all structures.

riposte

Duke Leto, whose qualities as a father have long been overlooked.

concomitants—wide-spread

“It’s like life—it presents a different face each time you take it. Some hold that the spice produces a learned-flavor reaction. The body, learning a thing is good for it, interprets the flavor as pleasurable—slightly euphoric. And, like life, never to be truly synthesized.”

Duncan Idaho, the Swordmaster of the Ginaz;

“She asked me to tell her what it is to rule,” Paul said. “And I said that one commands. And she said I had some unlearning to do.”

A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals, and a people reverts to a mob.”

Dr. Yueh