My friend is making this sculpture and he asked what colors to use. I told him I couldn’t help him, that I only saw the makings of a God Emperor. Obviously he had 0 idea of what I was talking about.
“You fear the Ixians?”
“Of course I do. They can invent catastrophe.”
“Then what could you do?”
“Run faster. History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps but it’s never enough. You also must run.”
- God Emperor of Dune
God Emperor of Dune feels like Herbert doing a lot of fables and almost breaking the 4th wall while trying to connect a clear prior plot to a future one