Ardelle

“The Emperor had allowed them to love Him, and to believe He loved them in return. He had not. His primarchs were weapons, that was all.”
― Guy Haley, Dark Imperium

“How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Joy is an act of defiance,’ said the Khan. ‘With joy, we win, even if we lose. To have lived well is a victory all its own, for we all die. Death is unimportant to the laughing warrior. A poet makes tragedy glorious. That is why.”
― Guy Haley, The Lost and the Damned

“But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.
Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale