

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune

“I remember the hours I had spent in Father's library, drugging myself with books so I could forget my doom for an hour..”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty

“The human decision to domesticate fire was not logical, yet they did it.”
― The Hurricane Code
― The Hurricane Code

“You’re supposed to be objective. What use is the news if it’s not objective?”
― The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery
― The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery

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