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An elderly leader of the Bene Gesserit order, Mohiam trained Lady Jessica and serves as the Padishah Emperor’s truthsayer. Before Paul Atreides travels to Arrakis, she tests him with the gom jabbar in order to discover if he is human or animal—in other words, whether he bends to his animal instincts or has mastery over his mind and body. She furthermore wants to find out if he is the Bene Gesserit prophesized messiah known as the Kwisatz Haderach.
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam Quotes in Dune
The Dune quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam or refer to Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 1, Part 1
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“A duke’s son must know about poisons,” she said. “It’s the way of our times, eh? Musky, to be poisoned in your drink. Aumas, to be poisoned in your food. The quick ones and the slow ones and the ones in between. Here’s a new one for you: the gom jabbar. It kills only animals.”
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Book 1, Part 3
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The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows—a wall against the wind. That is the willow's purpose.
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Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam Quotes in Dune
The Dune quotes below are all either spoken by Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam or refer to Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 1, Part 1
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“A duke’s son must know about poisons,” she said. “It’s the way of our times, eh? Musky, to be poisoned in your drink. Aumas, to be poisoned in your food. The quick ones and the slow ones and the ones in between. Here’s a new one for you: the gom jabbar. It kills only animals.”
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Book 1, Part 3
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The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows—a wall against the wind. That is the willow's purpose.
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