Sandy Mitchell > Quotes

“regrets are a waste of good drinking time,”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“Losses are inevitable on the battlefield, of course, but in my view, no one’s expendable apart from the enemy; angry, resentful troopers aren’t going to cover my back when the las-bolts start flying,”
― Sandy Mitchell, Saviour of the Imperium

“It’s often remarked that diplomacy is just warfare by other means. Our battles are no less desperate for being bloodless, but at least we get wine and finger food.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“It’s never too late to panic. – Popular Valhallan folk saying.”
― Sandy Mitchell, For the Emperor

“When in deadly danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.”
― Sandy Mitchell, For the Emperor

“The Guard needed soldiers of that calibre, and if I had to bend a few regulations to keep them standing between me and whatever the warp might be about to vomit up at us, I’d make origami out of the rulebook without a second thought.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“Colonel Kasteen called the meeting to order. Then she called it to order again. Major Broklaw fired his bolt pistol into the ceiling, and the meeting came to order.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“You could just try being yourself, you know.’ The thought was terrifying. I’d spent so long hiding behind masks I was no longer sure there was a genuine Ciaphas underneath them any more, just a quivering little bundle of self-interest.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“Paranoia is a very comforting state of mind. If you think they’re out to get you, it means you think you matter.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“Everything changes eventually, except for the Emperor.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Innocence Proves Nothing

“readers wanting more detail are referred to Broedenour’s thirty-seven volume work Waaaagh! and Peace: The Siege of Perlia and its Neighbouring Systems. (Had the author of this magisterial work not been tragically killed by a toppling library stack before its completion it would undoubtedly be regarded as the definitive work on the subject. As it is, it remains an unsurpassed work of reference for anyone interested in the minutiae of the first nine weeks of the two-year campaign.)”
― Sandy Mitchell, Defender of the Imperium

“knowing from long experience that credit snowballs all the faster the less you seem to want it.”
― Sandy Mitchell, For the Emperor

“The commissar’s always right,’ I said, smiling. ‘It says so in the regulations.”
― Sandy Mitchell, For the Emperor

“Anything I can do for you, commissar?’ I shook my head. ‘Nothing springs to mind,’ I admitted. ‘Very good, sir.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Defender of the Imperium

“ʹI donʹt care how bloody sanctioned they are, a psykerʹs a psyker, and anything to do with the warp is more trouble than itʹs worth.ʹ
‐ General Karis”
― Sandy Mitchell, The Traitor's Hand

“Shouldn’t we try to help him?’ Simla asked. I shook my head, with as much reluctance as I could feign. ‘I wish we could,’ I lied.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“You’re the expert,’ I said. ‘I’d just have told you to use your best judgement in any case.’ She nodded, seemingly relieved, and I swept my gaze around the rest of the little group. ‘And that goes for the rest of you too,’ I added. ‘Unless you’re faced with a decision which will affect our safety as a group, just get on with it.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Defender of the Imperium

“The more she saw of the galaxy the more she'd come to understand that sometimes the commission of a smaller sin was the unavoidable price of extirpating a much greater one.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Scourge the Heretic

“If you’re going to find yourself surrounded by screaming, blood-maddened orks, take my word for it, there’s no one better than a Valhallan to have at your shoulder,”
― Sandy Mitchell, Defender of the Imperium

“The rest of the evening passed in a pleasant haze of small talk, a regicide game with Zyvan (which I won quite comfortably, despite Amberley leaning over my shoulder suggesting alternative moves every five minutes),”
― Sandy Mitchell, Defender of the Imperium

“If you don’t expect gratitude you’ll seldom be disappointed.’ – Eyor Dedonki, Memoirs of a Pessimist. 479 M41”
― Sandy Mitchell, Hero of the Imperium

“How much we take the Omnissiah’s gifts for granted, he thought ruefully, until we no longer have them.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Innocence Proves Nothing

“Thank you, but I’ve already ingested nutrient this week,”
― Sandy Mitchell, Defender of the Imperium

“Flammable: Toxic: Keep away from children and ogryns.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Defender of the Imperium

“replied,”
― Sandy Mitchell, Defender of the Imperium

“What did he do?’ I asked, curious in spite of myself, and Amberley shrugged, with the whining of servos I was beginning to become so familiar with. ‘Cracked under pressure. He ordered an entire platoon executed for failure to salute a superior officer in the middle of an artillery barrage, and shot seven troopers himself with his sidearm before he was brought down. Tragic.’ ‘It happens.’ I shrugged too. ‘Some junior officers just can’t take the pressure of combat. That’s why we have commissars.’ ‘He was a commissar,’ Amberley said, and I looked at the poor wretch with a curious amalgam of horror and pity.”
― Sandy Mitchell, Duty Calls