You've heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a trap? There's an…

Frank Herbert
229 citations
You've heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a trap? There's an animal kind of trick. A human would remain in the trap, endure the pain, feigning death that he might kill the trapper and remove a threat to his kind. ✨ Frank Herbert (2003). Dune, p.16, Penguin
Death Humanity Sadness
18

More Author Quotes

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. ✨ Frank Herbert (2008). Dune Messiah, p.99, Penguin
Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. ✨ Frank Herbert (1987). Chapterhouse: Dune, p.113, Penguin
If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets. ✨ Frank Herbert (2003). Dune, p.39, Penguin
The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas. We possess only this moment in w … ▶
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ✨ Frank Herbert (1985). Chapterhouse: Dune, Putnam Publishing Group

You've heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a trap? There's an animal kind of trick. A human would remain in the trap, endure the pain, feigning death that he might kill the trapper and remove a threat to his kind. ✨ Frank Herbert (2003). Dune, p.16, Penguin

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes