Warhammer 40k Quotes

“We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy — the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial — carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, Grey Knights. We have already won." ~Justicar Alaric”
― Ben Counter

“What would you know of struggle, perfect son? When have you fought against the mutilation of your mind? When have you had to do anything other than tally compliance's and polish your armor? The people of your world named you "Great One". The people of mine called me slave. Which one of us landed on a paradise of civilization to be raised by a foster father, Roboute? Which one of us was given armies to lead after training in the halls of the Macraggian High Riders? Which one of us inherited a strong, cultured kingdom? And which one of us had to rise up against a kingdom with nothing but a horde of starving slaves? Which one of us was a child enslaved on a world of monsters, with his brain cut up by carving knives? Listen to your blue clad wretches yelling courage and honor, courage and honor, courage and honor! Do you even know the meaning of those words? Courage is fighting the kingdom which enslaves you, no matter that their armies outnumber yours by ten-thousand to one. You know nothing of courage! Honor is resisting a tyrant when all others suckle and grow fat on the hypocrisy he feeds them. You know nothing of honor!”
― Angron, Wahammer 40K

“The rewards of tolerance are treachery and betrayal.”
― Games Workshop

“All of creation suffers, young ones. Only in accepting our own mortality can we make a difference. Only in bearing the burden of our failures can we find the strength to go on. Only in detachment from glory, or honour, or jealousy... from life itself can we hope to spare others from grief. We are Doom Eagles. And we are dead already. --
Librarian Secundus Thryn of the Doom Eagles”
― Simon Spurrier

“Remember, my Jokers, a dropzone is like a woman. Land on her firmly, and make sure you have the vital parts located before you get going.’
Hurtado Bronzi”
― Dan Abnett, Legion

“Loken tried to imagine the future, but the image would not form. Death would wipe them all from history. Not even the great First Captain Ezekyle Abaddon would survive forever. There would be a time when Abaddon no longer waged bloody war across the territories of humanity.
Loken sighed. That would be a sad day indeed. Men would cry out for Abaddon’s return, but he would never come.
He tried to picture the manner of his own death. Fabled, imaginary combats flashed through his mind. He imagined himself at the Emperor’s side, fighting some great, last stand against an unknown foe. Primarch Horus would be there, of course. He had to be. It wouldn’t be the same without him. Loken would battle, and die, and perhaps even Horus would die, to save the Emperor at the last.
Glory. Glory, like he’d never known. Such an hour would become so ingrained in the minds of men that it would be the cornerstone of all that came after. A great battle, upon which human culture would be based.
Then, briefly, he imagined another death. Alone, far away from his comrades and his Legion, dying from cruel wounds on some nameless rock, his passing as memorable as smoke.
Loken swallowed hard. Either way, his service was to the Emperor, and his service would be true to the end.”
― Dan Abnett, Horus Rising

“There must come a moment when the soul knows: this far, and no further. But we are cursed never to hear that warning until it is too late.’
– attributed to the remembrancer Ignace Karkasy [M31]”
― James Swallow, Garro: Knight Of Grey

“When inquisitors fall, in my experience, they do so very hard indeed.”
― George Mann, Awakenings

“You don’t need to hear to listen to the truth.”
― John French, Black Oculus

“What is memory but the fashioning of a deep and personal fiction? In memory, we shape the world around ourselves, as if to prove our own existence, to demonstrate the mark we have left upon the universe. We become heralds of something better; the guiding light by which we believe all others might navigate. This, then, is the comfort we award ourselves for the act of living, for to comprehend the truth – that the universe is cold and ambivalent at best, and at worst despises our very existence – is to contemplate madness. So it is that we grow to love the lie.”
― George Mann, Awakenings

“The days of mankind are nearly done. For years I have been seeing it. All we can do while we are here is live. All any human ever has been able to do is live. That is all I tried to do.”
― Guy Haley, A Witch's Fate

“My last mission ended with me drifting for a hundred years in a warp storm.’
‘Well, we all have our moments.”
― George Mann, Awakenings

“To face one’s past is to face one’s future.”
― George Mann, Awakenings

“She had no idea what came next. And for once, the idea was pleasing.”
― George Mann, Awakenings

“They come to us because they’re jealous, lustful, or their minds have gone. I had a man tell my processors his own mother had fallen to the dark. He wanted to take her hab-unit. Three metres square, stinking like a grox-pen, underground, unheated. But it would have been his.”
― Chris Wraight, The Carrion Throne

“To have survived in a place like this, you must have light on your side.”
― Rachel Harrison, The Way Out

“ Following the light requires great strength of will. ”
― Rachel Harrison, The Way Out

“To break with ritual is to break with faith, brother...”
― Alec Worley, Stormseeker

“Iron does not take a single form whilst forsaking all others. The strength of iron is in its flexibility, its capacity to adapt to suit any situation.”
― Matt Westbrook, Medusan Wings

“Age is a matter of perspective.”
― Guy Haley, Godblight

“ They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery./b> ”
― Guy Haley, Godblight

“One mind is sometimes all it takes to change fate,’ Ulthran said defiantly.”
― Guy Haley, The Beheading

“I cannot allow my own convictions to get in the way of truth, for only in knowing the truth can victory be secured.”
― Guy Haley

“Death is nothing compared to vindication”
― Phil Kelly

“Death is nothing compared to vindication.”
― Phil Kelly

“He charged headlong into dangerous territory. He should have stopped, but anger propelled him.”
― Guy Haley, Avenging Son

“He was posturing. So much posturing. Humans never tired of it.”
― David Annandale, The Oath in Darkness

“I’m not sure you even know where your truths end and your lies begin.”
― Richard S. Ford, Stealing Orpheon

“I don't care if every man jack of them forgets his own mother's name and wets himself, they must still know how to hold a line, fire and reload, adore the Emperor and respond to orders.
- Inquisitor Eisenhorn”
― Dan Abnett, Xenos

“He took a deep breath. He felt the fear and wrapped his heart around it. He let it inhabit his whole being until there was nothing left of him. He looked up.”
― J.H. Archer, The Resting Places