Playing Patience Quotes

“One life, Harlon. I learned many things from Eisenhorn, but ruthlessness was not one of them. Thousands may die, millions even, unless Molotch is found and brought to justice. But any count of a million starts with one, and to ignore one life when there is still l a chance of saving it, well, one might as well give up on the other nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine as well."

- Gideon Ravenor”
― Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

“Believe me, Harlon, in the length and breadth of this great Imperium of Man, there is no such thing as coincidence."

- Gideon Ravenor”
― Dan Abnett, Playing Patience

“My psi-wave threw them all backwards violently, like the pressure blast of a hurricane. Windows shattered. They tumbled over, robes shredding, flying like dolls or desperately trying to grip onto the floor.
Wystan lit a lho-stick. 'What I like about you,' he said, 'is that you don't muck around.'
'Thank you.”
― Dan Abnett, Playing Patience