“Oh, where is there the heart but knows
Love's first steps are upon the rose!”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Canto I
The Troubadour (1825)
“Knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it.”
— Frank Herbert, book Dune
Source: Dune
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Source: I Shall Wear Midnight