Frank Herbert Quotes
One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.
Herbert, Frank. Children of Dune. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.
The original was written in French.
5th Earl of Montrose. Argyle had sentenced him to death. When he appeared at the scaffold he was formally and elegantly dressed and began combing his long hair. Argyle asked what why he was doing such a foolish thing at that time. These were his famous last words.
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science-fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
