The Magos Quotes

“Spider legs. Some arachnid form, anyway. A xenos variety of chelicerata. But these limbs were not under a microscope. They were two hundred metres long.
'That's not local,' he said.”
― Dan Abnett, The Magos

“Why do you do it?' asked Drusher. 'And don't say "because someone must" or anything like that.'
'Why are you a magos biologis, Drusher, when that calling has apparently given you a life you resent?'
'Because I'm good at it,' said Drusher.
'Yes', said Eisenhorn. 'It's sad, isn't it?”
― Dan Abnett, The Magos

“picter in her hand, capturing that transformation. Her story did not end there. She so easily might have been one of the trillions extinguished in the fires that followed. Her name is not commonly known today… except that it is, as Saint Euphrati. She was blessed with divine grace and gifts, and from her – and those few close to her in those bleak years – the essence of the Imperial Creed was born. She was one of the first saints. From her, and those disciples around her, arose the tenets of the Lectitio Divinitatus, the truth of us all, that the Emperor of Mankind is not a man, but a god. It is through her that the truth was recognised. It was in her that our faith was born.”
― Dan Abnett, The Magos