To attempt an understanding of Muad’Dib without understanding his mortal enemies, the Harkonnens, is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be.
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from Manual of Muad’Dib by the Princess Irulan
Occupy Arrakis
The Gom Jabbar scene from David Lynch’s 1984 “Dune” adaptation
if…
Jock’s “Dune” concept art for the unproduced adaptation that was meant to be directed by Peter Berg
The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called “spannungsbogen” — which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.
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from The Wisdom of Muad’Dib by the Princess Irulan
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Hope clouds observation.
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Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
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from The Sayings of Muad’Dib by the Princess Irulan
Full frontal geekery. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum..