“Everything is darkest," Xaphen mused, "before the dawn.""That, my brother, is an axiom that sounds immensely profound until you realize it's a lie.”

“Xaphen swore an oath never to fail his primarch.Argal Tal did not. He spoke in a voice soft enough to break hearts, "We are heretics, father.”

“And as man turned from the light of day, all that was left to him was the endless night. Without contrast, he threw open his arms, and darkness took hold.”

“The crowd began to murmur, but then a firm voice stilled it. Giovanni Auditore was speaking.'It is you who is the traitor, Uberto. You, one of my closest associates and friends, in whom I entrusted my life! And I am a fool. I did not see that you are one of them!' Here he raised his voice to a great cry of anguish and of rage.'You may take our lives today, but mark this - we will have yours in return!'-Giovanni Auditore,Before his execution”

“Thirty or forty years from now, the American adventures into the bowels of the Middle East will be forgotten details of a bumbling imperialism. But what...is taking place all along the line will profoundly alter the future of the United States.”

“Everything is permitted, Nothing is true.”

“Did you know?" I snarled. "Did you help take my father and corrupt my life?”