# Quote — Frank Herbert, Dune

> The Prophet's mother carried gene-markers whose supreme importance to the breeding program was known for almost two thousand years. She was a Bene Gesserit bred and trained, and should have been a willing tool of the project...Instead, for reasons she confesses have never been completely clear to her, the concubine Lady Jessica defied her orders and bore a son.
>
> This alone should have alerted the Bene Gesserit to the possibility that a wild variable had entered their scheme.

- Author: [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md)
- Book: [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/the-prophets-mother

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