# Quote — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

> When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious. Allow for surprises. When we create, there are always other forces at work.

- Author: [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md)
- Book: [Chapterhouse: Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/chapterhouse-dune.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dune#Chapterhouse:_Dune_(1985)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/chapterhouse-dune/when-you-think

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