Desires should never be justified,' Tehol said, wagging a finger. 'All you end up doing is illuminating the hidden reasons by virtue of their obvious absence.

Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.

Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context.

It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand.

You’re loitering, citizen.” “Actually, I was hesitating.

Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round.

You always fashioned yourself as the Empire's harshest Fist, didn't you, Korbolo Dom? As if cruelty's a virtue.