# Children of Dune ## Metadata - Author: [[Frank Herbert]] - Full Title: Children of Dune - Category: #source/books ## Highlights - Failure to make a decision was in itself a decision—he ([Location 268](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0015DTW50&location=268)) - “You’ve told us many times that the memories we hold from those who’ve passed before us lack a certain usefulness until we’ve experienced enough with our own flesh to make them reality. ([Location 396](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0015DTW50&location=396)) - Note: Easier said and seen than sensed - “Too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions.” ([Location 426](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0015DTW50&location=426)) - Leto, sensing undercurrents in her question, had said Halleck was loyal “to a fault,” adding: “He adored . . . my father.” She’d noted the small hesitation. Leto had almost said “me” instead of “my father.” Yes, it was hard at times to separate the genetic memory from the chord of living flesh. Gurney Halleck would not make that separation easier for Leto. ([Location 458](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0015DTW50&location=458)) - Note: Great writing