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Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system,
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“How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.”
― Dune
― Dune
“You need not see what someone is doing to know if it is his vocation, you have only to watch his eyes: a cook mixing a sauce, as surgeon making a primary incision, a clerk completing a bill of lading, wear that same rapt expression, forgetting themselves in a function.
How beautiful it is, that eye-on-the-object look.”
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How beautiful it is, that eye-on-the-object look.”
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“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.”
― Dune
― Dune
Will’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Will’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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8 friends
507 books
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137 books
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45 books
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191 books
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666 books
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1,248 books
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238 books
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