How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"[The Reverend Mother] asked me to tell her what it is to rule," Paul said. "And I said that one commands. And she said I had some unlearning to do." (4.52)
Bet you never heard this one in school before. For Paul, part of coming of age is unlearning what he has learned. Here's hoping we can unlearn every Adam Sandler movie we've ever seen.
Quote #5
I must mask my feelings, he thought. For the boy's sake. If ever he's to have a home, this must be it. I may think of Arrakis as a hell I've reached before death, but he must find here that which will inspire him. There must be something. (11.14)
Here's another traditional coming-of-age challenge, upgraded to a galactic scale. If you thought it was bad moving to another country, try moving to another planet. They don't even have the Internet in Dune's universe.
Quote #6
"There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man—with human flesh." (14.Intro)
Yeah, it can be pretty disheartening when you learn your parents aren't the strongest, smartest people in the whole wide world. On the plus side, they can still put you on their insurance when you first start to drive, so you take the good with the bad.