Descent of Angels Quotes

“You have crossed a line, but it does not change who you are. Don’t forget that. A man may be dressed up in all manner of fancy titles, but he must not let it change him or else ego, pride and ambition will be his undoing. No matter what grand title is bestowed upon you, to thine own self be true. Do you understand?”
― Mitchel Scanlon, Descent of Angels

“When a man hunted an animal, whatever its status, the hunt took the form of an extended duel, a contest of strength, skill and cunning between man and beast. In the course of a hunt, Zahariel would grow to know his adversary intimately. In contrast, war was an impersonal affair.

As he charged towards the enemy fortress beside his fellow knights, Zahariel realised that he could be struck dead on the battlefield without ever knowing the identity of his killer.”
― Mitchel Scanlon, Dark Angels

“In his day he was a great general,’ shrugged Kurgis, ‘or so they say. It happens sometimes. A man is made chieftain and, soon all that is important to him is his status. He becomes deaf to any voice that doesn’t try to soothe and cosset him. Before long, he only listens to those who tell him what he wants to hear.”
― Mitchel Scanlon, Descent of Angels

“Midris had been the first of the Astartes to be seen without his armour, his body massive and lumpen, his flesh packed with too much muscle and hard bone as to be almost without shape or definition. Robed in a simple cream body-sheath, Midris had arms and legs like the great trees of the Northwilds, and the muscles of his shoulders rose to either side of his cranium without apparent recourse to a neck.”
― Mitchel Scanlon, Descent of Angels

“Look at a man without a past, and you will see a free man.”
― Mitchel Scanlon, Descent of Angels

“to be human is to be a slave to death by a thousand insignificant means.”
― Mitchel Scanlon, Descent of Angels

“In my experience, civilised men don’t like their justice kept so simple. They like to complicate things.”
― Mitchel Scanlon, Descent of Angels

“Tradition is a fine ideal, but not when it serves as a shackle on our future endeavours.”
― Mitchel Scanlon, Descent of Angels