Malleus Quotes

“The end justifies the means?"
He raised his eyebrows and laughed. "Now that's different. That kind of thinking gets a man into trouble. There are some means that no end will ever justify. But fighting dirty, occasionally, is no bad thing. Neither's breaking the rules. Provided you remember one thing."
"Which is?"
"You have to understand the rules in the first place if you're going to break them.”
― Dan Abnett, Malleus

“Long ago, an edict was made by the planetary government that only certain fields of land could ever be used for burial. So cemetery space is at an optimum. Hence, the Law of Decipherability.’ ‘Which is?’ ‘The law states that once the eroding hands of time and the elements have made the last names on a field’s gravestones illegible, the anonymous dead may be exhumed, the bones buried in a pit, and the field reused.”
― Dan Abnett, Malleus

“The daemonhost surged through the air at me, teeth bared, arms spread, incandescent with light, baying my name. It was like facing the attack run of a supersonic warcraft firing all guns. I know so. It is my misfortune to have experienced that too.”
― Dan Abnett, Malleus

“Never argue with a gun-cutter, [...]”
― Dan Abnett, Malleus