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The Horus Heresy Sentences, Condensed

(Sentences from The Horus Heresy (2006-2024) and related stories. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"The difference between gods and demons depends on where one is standing at the time."

"A weapon doesn't question who it kills or why. That isn't the point of weapons."

"I have never quite come to terms with my status. I see what I am capable of, and what is expected of me, and I shudder. The mere fact of me frightens me sometimes."

"The truth can't be wrong, even if it is ugly."

"Some of the things you have told me sound like wonders, yet you yourself do not seem to wonder at them."

"There is no fundamental immutable evil in the cosmos. It is too large and sterile for such melodrama."

"Answer me this: how far does your loyalty go?"

"I am your sword. Tell me where to strike."

"Common decency and civil behaviour are just a thin veneer over the animal at the core of mankind that gets out whenever it has a chance."

"It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shriek and groans of the dying who cry aloud for blood, vengeance, and desolation."

"There is little of you that can still be called human, isn't there?"

"When you live as complex a life as I have, you learn that it always comes down to a single moment. A moment in which a man finds out once and for all who he really is. This is that moment. Will it be a moment you are proud to look back on, or one you regret for the rest of your life?"

"No army will stand before you, no power of mortal man will lay you low, and no ambition will be denied you if you swear yourself to me."

"The more we learn, the more we question - and the more we question, the more we see through the lies perpetrated upon us."

"Glory? Glory is for those too weak to find inner strength, leaving them hollow parasites feeding on the affection of lesser men."

"There is no virtue in fighting for conquest. Nothing is more worthless and hollow than obliterating freedom for the sake of more land, more coin, more voices singing your name in holy hymn."

"Freedom is the only thing worth fighting for. It is why tyrants always fall."

"There are no gods. No herefores and hereafters. No futures but those we make for ourselves."

"We think we have seen it all, and yet there always comes a day when the universe shows us the folly of that hubris."

"There comes a moment for each of us when we are tested. What happens in that moment is the true measure of us."

"You are afraid of this truth because it is of such magnitude that you will be forever remade by it. What you do not realise is that you have already been changed."

"I envy you. You have something I do not. A duty. You know what it is you must do. You can find that clarity of vision - a mission you must strive to fulfil."

"Only in death does duty end, and you are not dead yet."

"You are my brother. I would have walked unto death with you. Why could you not have done the same for me?"

Hitman Sentences

(Sentences from Hitman (2007). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"If I was going to kill you, I'd have done it when you walked to the car this morning and would have been gone by the time you hit the sidewalk."

"I'm going to ask you a question. How you answer it will determine how this night ends."

"How does a good man decide when to kill?"

"This is where you tell me your name."

"Make a sound and I'll end your life. Do you understand?"

"You're as good as dead without me."

"How about dying with a little dignity?"

"You think it's done? It's just beginning."

"Why are you covering this up? You know that's not our killer."

"I'd thank you if I wasn't so mad at you."

"If you're looking for a reason not to kill me, I don't really have one."

"Stop talking or I'll put you back in the trunk."

"You know, you can sleep in the bed. I won't bite."

"It's not polite to stare."

"So, when are you going to tell me your name?"

"You know, you're really quite charming when you aren't killing people."

"Do you remember everything you see?"

"What colour underwear do you think I'm wearing?"

"This is not a request. This situation is fixed, and you know both possible outcomes."

"If you kill me, they will never let you go. They will hunt you for the rest of your life."

"You did your job, and you did it very well. For that, you should be proud."

"Knowing how this ends, was it worth it?"

"If I think a man means to do me or my family harm, then I will do whatever I can to stop him."

"I want to be left alone."

Damnation Sentences

(Sentences from Damnation (2017). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"If you make someone rich, you can get away with just about anything in this country."

"We're all in this together, whether you like it or not."

"If you disappoint me, you can be so easily discarded."

"We resolve our differences with words and laws here, not guns."

"I've done wicked things in this world, and every day I'm trying to make up for that."

"As children, we're taught that the golden rule is to be kind. But we're not children anymore."

"You look different to the last time I saw you."

"Maybe we can win this war, maybe we can't, but I'm not going to let people keep pretending it's not going on."

"I don't have a side. I just have a job to do."

"I know of fathers like you. Your kids would be better off without you."

"How does it feel to go around town with a psychopath?"

"The world doesn't care about you or your wants. What the world cares about is maintaining an agreeable semblance of order."

"You underestimate just how charming I can be!"

"Where I come from, men like you die pretty easily."

"You don't actually care for this cowboy, do you?"

"So what's your excuse? Corruption? Cowardice? Or just plain idiocy?"

"Deep down, that cold-blooded killer routine is just an act."

"I know you don't like it, but there are still things about my past I don't want you to know."

"Just because you don't trust me doesn't mean I'm wrong about this."

"If you would only stop running from your past, perhaps then you would not be fated to repeat it."

"I know that I'm hard on you, but it's all done out of love."

"Everyone's dead because of you."

"I've paid for the sins of my past. What about you? Can you say the same?"

"I may have written a couple of poems for you..."

Cardinal Sentences, Condensed

(Sentences from Cardinal (2017-2020) and related stories. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"If I make you the lead on this, I need to know that you're not going to drift."

"When were you planning on sharing this?"

"I don't know how you stay so patient."

"What am I missing here? I can't do my job if you leave me in the dark."

"You know not to come here. We shouldn't be seen together."

"Whatever you're looking for, there's nothing to find."

"Do you really want to make an enemy of me right now?"

"Did you hear the screaming last night?"

"The problem with most people is that they don't understand that to survive, you have to find meaning in suffering. There's power in pain."

"You know you're going to have to face this eventually. It might as well be today."

"I'm fine! Why can't you see that?"

"You try, and try, and try, but some people just can't be saved."

"You're nothing special. You're just another killer."

"People always look better in pictures taken by people who love them."

"I won't ask how you're doing, but I do want to offer my help."

"You could have come to me. I know what you're going through."

"If you're going to do this, then do it quieter. We can't have you being suspended, understood?"

"Do you know why I chose you? I chose you because you've seen the worst of people and you're still standing."

"I promise you, I'm not going to ask you to do anything you're not ready for."

"You were right to doubt me."

"Can I stop worrying about you?"

"What happened wasn't your fault. None of it's your fault."

"Did you put him there to protect me or to watch me?"

"You said you could keep me safe."

"You said you wanted to retire, but you keep doing this job that grinds you down and makes you shut everyone out. Why can't you just stop?"

New Tricks Sentences, Vol. 8

(Sentences from New Tricks (2003-2015). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Don't kill me - or if you have to, please do it humanely!"

"Would it surprise you to learn that I have helped 15 relationships and that I have saved 7.5 marriages?"

"What is wrong with me? I finally meet someone who is kind. Who doesn't make me feel like I have to put a mask on in the morning. Who even puts up with you! And what do I do? I run."

"52% of all relationships end. Many catastrophically."

"Just because something seems inevitable doesn't mean there isn't hope."

"If there's one thing I've learnt, it's to not go wandering in the dark when you don't know whose toes you'll be treading on."

"I'm going away for the weekend. I'd much rather it was with you than without."

"You cannot worry about the future! You've got to live for today, and you've got to enjoy it!"

"She's trusting you all day with her baby?"

"I'm not a grass, but I'm not on the take either and I don't want to be."

"The baby knows exactly when I'm just nodding off. She can time it to the second."

"Ah, you're trying internet dating? Is that, ah... Grinding? Or whatever it's called?"

"It's sleep deprivation. I actually am going mad."

"The child hates me."

"One day I shall just start screaming and I may never stop."

"The past may be a foreign country, but it is not a tourist destination. I would leave well alone if I were you."

"I'm not allowed to kill anyone at the moment. Apparently it's bad for business."

"Well, this was a call I wasn't expecting."

"Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life."

"I can't believe he called you 'the well dressed one'!"

"No one I've ever been with has made my father want to punch them before!"

"Are you telling me that you made that cake?"

"Everybody bakes these days, don't they?"

"It's a bit soon to go back to work, isn't it? You've been shot!"

"I get shot and turn my back for five minutes, and this place turns into a madhouse!"

"With all due respect, I don't understand why I'm being asked to do this."

"I have no desire to be the 'gay best friend'."

"You're missing me, aren't you?"

"So, this is you enjoying a break from work?"

"Behind that that hard, criminal mind is a soft teddy bear, but I promise not to tell anyone."

"Aren't we all just pretending to be other people? Isn't that part of human nature?"

"You know, change can be a good thing. The future is a curious creature."

"I know denial when it walks my way. I used to be an expert practitioner."

"I don't care what you do, but please don't give up the chance to be happy."

"Is it just me, or is everyone involved with this case so far a bit of an arsehole?"

"What if something else is going on? Some other agenda we don't know about?"

The Horus Heresy Sentences, Vol. 3

(Sentences from The Horus Heresy (2006-2024) and related stories. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"I will follow any orders you give, but not this one."

"What I am about to say will not sit well with you, and at the end of the telling, you may wish you had not asked for it."

"You are more than the stone and steel face you show the stars. You can be open."

"You said 'you people'. Is that because you don't think you're one of us?"

"You are carrying so much weight upon your shoulders, but you are still reluctant to let others bear it with you."

"You bury your rage under rock and steel."

"Only in death does duty end, and you are not dead yet."

"Is there ever a day where you don't concern yourself with the welfare of others?"

"Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"You are what you are by an accident of birth. What I am, I created for myself."

"You've been reading poetry again, haven't you?"

"It has been too long since last we made war, but what a chance we have now to remedy that!"

"It seems to me that you already have your course set on war without consulting me."

"A man's character can be judged by his questions rather than by his answers."

"Difficulty is no excuse. Perfection must overcome difficulty."

"To speak the truth of war, you must see it all - the glory and the brutality."

"All warriors who follow their leader's orders must carry the weight of them also."

"There is no purity in pride. Never forget that."

"Once this meeting is over, I think you and I should have a talk."

"Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it also cures."

"Can it be possible for anything to be too perfect?"

"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend."

"It is not birth or rank, but virtue that makes the difference between men."

"You will never know what is too far until you go beyond it."

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd when it is built on a lie."

"You are my brother. I would have walked unto death with you. Why could you not have done the same for me?"

"You dare return to me in failure?"

"Perhaps you can defeat me, but I have no wish to trial either of us in such a fruitless and wasteful trial of combat."

"There is no greater rivalry than that which exists between siblings."

"If it can bleed, we can kill it."

"How narrow your mind is. How ignorant you are of what is to come."

Cardinal Sentences, Vol. 1

(Sentences from Cardinal (2017-2020) and related stories. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"If I make you the lead on this, I need to know that you're not going to drift."

"Do me a favour and keep this between us?"

"When were you planning on sharing this?"

"No judge will grant this warrant!"

"Since when do you want to meet my family?"

"I don't know how you stay so patient."

"What am I missing here? I can't do my job if you leave me in the dark."

"You know not to come here. We shouldn't be seen together."

"Do you know how stupid it is to come here?"

"Do you even know how to use that thing?"

"Whatever you're looking for, there's nothing to find."

"Do you really want to make an enemy of me right now?"

"Is this a dream or a memory?"

"It'll only be two days. You don't need to worry."

"I have to prove I'm okay."

"Do they think that I'm dead, or are they going to try again?"

"Did you hear the screaming last night?"

"Do you have to follow me?"

"The problem with most people is that they don't understand that to survive, you have to find meaning in suffering. There's power in pain."

"And you expect me to give you that information without a warrant?"

"You know you're going to have to face this eventually. It might as well be today."

"I'd offer you a beer, but you probably shouldn't drink right now."

"I'm fine! Why can't you see that?"

"You try, and try, and try, but some people just can't be saved."

"You're nothing special. You're just another killer."