The Best Gurney Halleck Quotes

Gurney: Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.

Paul: Would you really have drawn my blood?
Gurney: If you'd have fought one whit below your abilities; I'd have given you a good scar to remind ye.

Paul: Is this what you seek?
Gurney: Good! Fast on defense, slow on attack. But, ah, look down.
[Gurney has penetrated Paul's shield as well]
Gurney: We'd have joined each other in death. You did seem, finally, to get in the mood.

Paul: ...My father sent you to test me, didn't he?
[He indicates Gurney's baliset]
Paul: Music, then?
Gurney: No music. I'm packing this for the crossing.
[He sets down the baliset]
Gurney: Shield practice.
Paul: Again? Gurney, we had practice all this morning. I'm not in the mood.
Gurney: Not in the mood? Mood's a thing for cattle and loveplay, not fighting!
Paul: I'm sorry, Gurney.
Gurney: Not sorry enough, not yet!
[He activates his shield and attacks Paul, who activates his own shield barely in time]
Paul: [to himself] What's wrong with Gurney? He's not faking this!
Gurney: Now, guard yourself for true!

Paul: [sees Thufir] My God.
[inner voice]
Paul: They've taken your mind.
[out loud]
Paul: Gurney, I see Thufir Hawat among the captives. Let him stand free.
Feyd: [turns towards Thufir] The antidote.
[he slips a knife inside Thufir's sleeve]
Gurney: Thufir, come.
Paul: In payment of the many years of service to my family, you may ask me of anything you wish. Do you need my life, old friend? It is yours.
[turns around]
Paul: I mean this Thufir, if you are to strike, do it now.
Thufir: [raises knife, to everyone's shock, but drops it and turns back to Feyd] Did you truly believe, even for a moment, that I would fail my Duke TWICE?
[He rips out his own heart plug, then collapses into Paul's arms]
Thufir: Three generations of... you...
[he dies]
Paul: Carry this noble Atreides warrior away. Do him all honor.