Dune Messiah Quotes Novels & Stories

He muttered, "I used to be someone who believed that too. I once vowed to stand tall, pursue greatness, and make my life meaningful. But in the end, fate played a cruel joke on me. Perhaps death is my only destination!" Andrew frowned slightly, realizing Marcus' emotional wounds were deeper than anticipated. He said, "Mr. Chapman, with your wisdom and perspective, surely you understand that life is a cycle of ups and downs. We all have moments of triumph, just as we all face times of despair. But true heroes are those who recognize life's cruelty yet still choose to embrace and love it—don't you think so?"

[Do I smell good to you, my sweet mate? “Sol, et omnia sidera, et movens in corde, et in tuo.” [The love that moves the sun and all the stars, and moves in my heart, and in yours.] Caspian laughed, shaking his head. “You dare quote me Dante’s Inferno?” Shrugging, I took his face in my hands, pulling him down. “A teacher once moved me enough to find meaning in his words.” “Must have been a very good teacher.”

It coats the back of your throat like bile and rests at the back of your eyes, tightening your jaw when pride insists you scream instead. The Dune Empire was the second I auditioned for. Dry, gold, and infested with jackals in robes. King Za'ir lounged lazily on a throne of carved ivory, his eyes entertained and infuriating. "Audacus," he drawled, sipping wine. "The very specter of war himself." "We have to hit Hailey now, while her lines are still fluid, she's building too quickly even you know it." He waved his cup. "And what would you offer in return?"

The intuitive to battle them off is strongly, but I hold back; this might be my one chance to turn the tide of this battle, and I can’t blow it presently, particularly if they aren’t around to murder me outright. “You ought to not be here, mortal,” one of the blessed messengers says, his voice booming over the purge field.

“... Quod ad deam petis, in te revertat. Quod vis sana, te laedat. Quod vis defende, te destruit. Tua lux, tua ruina est.” (What you ask of the goddess, let it return to you. What you wish to heal, let it harm you. What you wish to defend, let it destroy you. Your light is your ruin.) “You won't escape the judgement of the goddess!” She whispered weakly,falling to her knees helpless. “Why don't she send you to torment me?” Kai asked mockingly, “better yet let her send you as my mate, now that would sting wouldn't it?”