House Of Herbert

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“Freedom is an elusive concept. Some men hold themselves prisoner even when they have the power to do as they please and go where they choose, while others are free in their hearts, even as shackles restrain them.”
― Brian Herbert, House Harkonnen

“Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires.”
― Brian Herbert, House Harkonnen

The Death Hand’s Signal

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from the notes of a palliative care nurse:

  1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
  2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
  3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
  4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
  5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

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“He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche“

“He who competes with a machine, becomes a machine” — K. Vonnegut