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Absolute prediction is completion . . . is death!
Frank Herbert
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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
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Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
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I never thought it would be easy to serve God, she said. I just didn't think it would be this hard.
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Justice? Who asks for justice? We make our own justice ... Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them.
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If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!
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What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.
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Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.
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To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures.
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