Quotes about Frank Herbert
The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II
— Frank Herbert
Mood's a thing for cattle or for making love. You fight when the necessity arises, no matter your mood.
— Frank Herbert
Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
— Frank Herbert
What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.
— Frank Herbert
There's no mystery about a human life. It's not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
— Frank Herbert
Sometimes I wonder about Piter, the Baron said. I cause pain out of necessity, but he...I swear he takes a positive delight in it. -Baron Vladimir
— Frank Herbert
I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of the sea…and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
— Frank Herbert
It was a scene of such beauty it caught all his attention. Some things beggar likeness, he thought. He
— Frank Herbert
They've also sent some incidental things—jewelry for the Lady Jessica, spice liquor, candy, medicinals. My men are processing the lot right now.
— Frank Herbert
He's awake and listening to us," said the old woman. "Sly little rascal." She chuckled. "But royalty has need of slyness. And if he's really the Kwisatz Haderach…well….
— Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah is the most misunderstood of Frank Herbert's novels. The reasons for this are as fascinating and complex as the renowned author himself. (Brian Herbert's Introduction)
— Frank Herbert
How do you call among you the little mouse, the mouse that jumps?" Paul asked, remembering the pop-hop of motion at Tuono Basin. He illustrated with one hand. A chuckle sounded through the troop. "We call that one muad'dib," Stilgar said. Jessica
— Frank Herbert