"Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount."
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"She looked at patches of blackness. Black is a blind remembering, she thought."
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"I am not the river I am the net."
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"We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us."
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"Humans are almost always lonely."
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"Ask what Infinity might produce and the only answer possible was, "Anything." Any good, any evil; any god, any devil."
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"There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love remains."
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"A good companion is one you wouldn't mind dying with."
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"When I was writing Dune there was no room in my mind for concerns about the book's success or failure. I was concerned only with the writing. Six years of research had preceded the day I sat down to put the story together, and the interweaving of the many plot layers I had planned required a degree of concentration I had never before experienced."
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"There's an unwritten compact between you and the reader. If someone enters a bookstore and sets down hard earned money (energy) for your book, you owe that person some entertainment and as much more as you can give."
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"A man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe."
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"To stay awake all night adds a day to your life."
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"Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy."
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"Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you."
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"Death makes a prophet's voice louder."
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"Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable."
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"The day hums sweetly when you have enough bees working for you."
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"Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen."
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"Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate."
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"Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos."
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