The Best Thufir Hawat Quotes

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.

Paul: The Harkonnens are our enemy. Yes. But, behind them I suspect is the Emperor.
Thufir: You will make a formidable Duke!

Thufir: Sector six through eighty progress reports, Sire.
Duke: Take it, Thufir.
Thufir: [speaking rapidly into a communications device] Sector six-eighty, copy the sixth the sum of the eighth quadrant of the ninth plus eight-four circles weave the eighth quarter the fourth, copy!
[the device hums briefly]
Thufir: [to the communication device] Eight! Thufir Hawat, Mentant, Master of Assassins.
Thufir: [to the Duke] The palace is now secure.

Thufir: Now, remember, the first step in avoiding a *trap* - is knowing of its existence.
Paul: I know. But, if it is a trap, then why are we going?
Thufir: We have our new Army. Dr. Yueh, put the weirding module on him.
[Thufir holds Paul's shoulders admiringly, then playfully mimes stabbing him in the side of the neck]