Mike Lee > Quotes

“Shall we side with those who scorn us, or choose our own path, to protect the innocent from those who would exploit and corrupt them?”
― Mike Lee, Fallen Angels

“Always, this modesty.’ Magnus’s tone had the slightest edge of disapproval, perhaps hinting at a lecture soon to come. ‘You live your life for others, Lorgar. There is a line when selflessness becomes unhealthy. If all you do is to raise others from ignorance, when is there time for you to learn more yourself? If all you seek is a greater purpose in existence, where is the joy in your own life? Look to the future, but cherish the present.”
― Mike Lee, The Horus Heresy: Volume Three

“War was about butchery, plain and simple. Notions of glory came long afterward, he’d come to realise, imagined by those who had never seen the reality with their own eyes.”
― Mike Lee, Fallen Angels