Dune (Dune #1)

by Frank Herbert

the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave.

There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors. —FROM “COLLECTED SAYINGS OF MUAD’DIB” BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

from the Fremen naib to a creature of the Lisan al-Gaib, a receptacle for awe and obedience. It was a lessening of the man, and Paul felt the ghost-wind of the jihad in it. I have seen a friend become a worshiper,