Dune

"Think on it, Chani: that princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call is wives." -Jessica

"All paths lead into darkness." -Paul Atreides

GURNEY: "They said you were dead."
PAUL: "And it seemed the best protection to let them think so."

"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." -Princess Irulan

"The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future." - Princess Irulan

"Law is the ultimate science. Thus it reads above the Emperor's door. I propose to show him law." -Paul Atreides

"Spices are addictive"

"The tooth. Duke Leto Atreides. You will remember the tooth."

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."
—Frank Herbert, Dune

"Fear is the mind killer."

Best affirmation ever:

“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.”
Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear

"There was pain in him -- like a blister all that remained of some lost yesterday that Time had pruned off him"

“Unseat Rabban, the Harkonnen beast, and remake our world into a place where we may raise our families on happiness amidst an abundance of water,” (p 427)