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  1. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    The narrow mind erects stubborn barriers," her mother had once told her. "But against those barriers, words are formidable weapons.
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  2. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    Consciousness and logic are not reliable standards. -COGITORS, Fundamental Postulate
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  3. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    My father lied to me! He distorted the events, taking credit, hiding the extent of the brutality and suffering-even Omnius knew it. On the other hand, Serena had told him the truth.
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  4. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    Music should make the spirit soar, take the breath away, touch the soul. Your work was just…pleasant tones, adequately performed.
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  5. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    A human captive had fought the machines! She had destroyed a robot with her own hands! Amazed, they called out her name."
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  6. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    Erasmus was like Serena in a sense: he frequently needed to prune and weed the human race in his own garden.
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  7. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    Vor laughed, proud of his place here. He quoted what he'd been taught all his life. "I am the pinnacle of humanity-a trustee of Omnius, the son of General Agamemnon.
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  8. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    I intend to create a new work of art, all my own. A still life, of sorts. You three will be vital parts of the process. Rejoice in your good fortune." In the sterile environment of the laboratory, with the cold assistance of his personal robot guards, Erasmus proceeded to vivisect the trio of victims, oblivious to their screams. "I want to get to the heart of the matter," he quipped, "the lifeblood of it.
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  9. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    Do you know about the horrors during the Time of Titans? Or the Hrethgir Rebellions?" "I've read my father's memoirs in great detail-" "I don't mean Agamemnon's propaganda. Have you learned the real history?
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  10. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    I can envision calculations all the way to infinity," she said, as if in a trance. "I don't have to write them down.
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  11. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    Tell her nothing is impossible. Tell her that love is what separates humans from other living creatures, not hatred. Not violence-
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  12. Brian Herbert _ The Butlerian Jihad

    Savant, doesn't it strike you as somewhat…hypocritical that we fight to keep humans free from the domination of machines, while at the same time some of our own League Worlds use slaves?
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