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Think on it, chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. while we, chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives.
-Frank Herbert
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Think On It, Chani: The Princess Will

Frank Herbert
Think on it, chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. while we, chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives.
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In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, before polygamy was made a sin; when man, on many, multipli'd his kind, ere one to one was cursedly confin'd: when nature prompted, and no law deni'd promiscuous use of concubine and bride; then, israel's monarch, after heaven's own heart, his vigorous warmth did variously impart to wives and slaves: and, wide as his command, scatter'd his maker's image through the land.
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