Dune Book 1# SciFiction - 星际浪子
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Thus spoke St. Alia-of-the-Knife: "The Reverend Mother must
combine the seductive wiles of a courtesan with the
untouchable majesty of a virgin goddess, holding these
attributes in tension so long as the powers of her youth
endure. For when youth and beauty have gone, she will find
that the place-between, once occupied by tension, has become
a wellspring of cunning and resourcefulness."
-from "Muad'Dib, Family Commentaries" by the Princess Irulan
"Well, Jessica, what have you to say for your
combine the seductive wiles of a courtesan with the
untouchable majesty of a virgin goddess, holding these
attributes in tension so long as the powers of her youth
endure. For when youth and beauty have gone, she will find
that the place-between, once occupied by tension, has become
a wellspring of cunning and resourcefulness."
-from "Muad'Dib, Family Commentaries" by the Princess Irulan
"Well, Jessica, what have you to say for your