Quotes from Brian Herbert, Kevin Anderson

Do you not have tribes? Rivalries? Of course, said Taref. All of us do. I am the son of a Naib. The third son of a Naib. Lillis said. Because of my two older brothers, I will never rule the tribe.

Just repeating a statement often and with great vehemence does not make it a fact, and no amount of repetition can make a rational person believe it.

The expectations of civilized society should afford all the protection a person needs. But that armor is rendered as thin as a tissue when one is dealing with the uncivilized. -Bene Gesserit Archives