Garry

“Religion damned our species for thousands of years, from the lowest superstition to the highest conclaves of spiritual faith. It drove us to madness, to war, to murder, it hung upon us like a disease, like a shackle ball. I’ll tell you what religion was… No, you tell me. You, there?’ ‘Ignorance, sir.”
― Dan Abnett, Horus Rising

“It is the folly of men to believe that they are great players on the stage of history, that their actions might affect the grand procession that is the pasage of time.”
― Graham McNeill, False Gods

“About the universe,’ smiled Yesugei. ‘Have I never told you of it? The principle of the minor flaw.’ Tamu shook his head. ‘A foolish thing,’ said Yesugei. ‘I found myself believing that every soul should possess a flaw. Some exhibit it early and survive. Others do not, and it grows, and when it emerges it has become monstrous. The greater the soul, the greater the monster. So it is better to have had your brush with destruction now.”
― Nick Kyme, The Horus Heresy: Volume Six

“I heard from a contact on Mars, Jaghatai, that you do strange things to your ships." The Khan shot him a heavy-lidded stare. "I heard from a contact that you do strange things to your warriors.”
― Chris Wraight, Scars