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You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

Frank Herbert
Funny Love, Giving, Joy
Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.272, Penguin

I give you the chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the roots of ecology and the foundations of a personal identity

Frank Herbert
Roots, Giving, Identity
Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.35, Penguin

Give me the judgment of balanced minds in preference to laws every time. Codes and manuals create patterned behavior. All patterned behavior tends to go unquestioned, gathering destructive momentum.

Frank Herbert
Law, Giving, Mind
Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.218, Penguin

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

Frank Herbert
Attitude, People, Giving
Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.62, Penguin

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.

Frank Herbert
Book, Giving, Entertainment
Frank Herbert (1987). “Heretics of Dune”, p.9, Penguin

A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.

Frank Herbert
Taken, Voice, Giving

Give me a lamp so I can find the day.

Frank Herbert
Giving, Lamps, Give Me
Frank Herbert (1984). “Dune Messiah”, Berkley

There is in each of us an ancient force that takes and an ancient force that gives. A man finds little difficulty facing that place within himself where the taking force dwells, but it's almost impossible for him to see into the giving force without changing into something other than man. For a woman, the situation is reversed. ... These things are so ancient within us that they're ground into each separate cell of our bodies... It's as easy to be overwhelmed by giving as by taking.

Frank Herbert
Men, Cells, Giving
"Dune". Book by Frank Herbert, 1965.

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