Tag: Princess Irulan

The one man who could not be content, in the Harkonnen eyes, was Duke Leto.

—“The Legend of Arrakis” by the Princess Irulan

The Fremen did not always recognize their own greatness.

—from “The Legend of Arrakis” by the Princess Irulan

He is a man who thinks with his heart and feels with his mind, a poet and a magician of the divine.

—’Muad’Dib: The God King of Arrakis’ by the Princess Irulan

No one else was able to find the source of this power, and Muad’Dib was the only one who knew the secrets of the universe.

—’Muad’Dib: The God King of Arrakis’ by the Princess Irulan

He is not a philosopher nor a scholar, nor a poet. He is not a warrior nor a lover, nor a man of science. He is a poet of the earth, of the stars, of the cosmos, of the universe, the lord of all the world. He is justness without and justice within.

—’Muad’Dib: The God King of Arrakis’ by the Princess Irulan

He is a ruler who governs himself, never needing to ask anyone’s permission.

—from ‘Arrakis Awakening’ by the Princess Irulan

It was by such a fate as this that Muad’Dib met his own destiny. There was no opportunity to prevent this, no chance to save himself. The fall of a statue is an apt metaphor for the fall of a human spirit in his case. When we look at it, do we see a great mountain? Or perhaps a vast and chaotic chasm? Or a small, but solid, mass of stone?

—from ‘Songs of Muad’Dib’ by the Princess Irulan

He is an emperor like none who ever held power, a wise man to whom others are but a servant, a king of truth and a leader of power. He is not a warrior, but a wizard.

—’Muad’Dib: The God King of Arrakis’ by the Princess Irulan

It was once our Emperor Shaddam I was born. Shaddam I was a great warrior. He was a mighty ruler, a mighty warrior. His enemies could not stand against a warrior like Shaddam. And he had no enemy of the first rank. But his enemies were his friends.

—from ‘Manual of Muad’Dib’ by the Princess Irulan