Emotions are the curse of logic.

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

For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life.

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.

Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it.

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.