Think on it, Chani: the 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 us wives.

The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.

The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind.

You don't write for success. That takes part of your attention away from the writing. If you're really doing it, that's all you're doing: writing.

Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.

Grief is the price of victory.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.