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> [“I know, but it is a pleasant fiction, my dear, and the sheer impossibility of a quest is no reason to abandon it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/i-know-but-it-is-a-pleasant-fiction-my-dear-and-the-sheer/)

[Graham McNeill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

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## More by Graham McNeill

> [“I was there the day that Horus fell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/i-was-there-the-day-that-horus-fell/)

[Graham McNeill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

> [“You fuss too much over making the "right" choice Gaius. All we need do is make a good choice, see it through, and accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/you-fuss-too-much-over-making-the-right-choice-gaius-all-we-need-do/)

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> [“When you have come to the edge of all that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/when-you-have-come-to-the-edge-of-all-that-you-know-and-are-about-to/)

[Graham McNeill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

> [“One should never see a drinking establishment well lit, he thought, it just makes it look even sadder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/one-should-never-see-a-drinking-establishment-well-lit-he-thought-it/)

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> [“He (the Emperor) once said of ancient Earth that there were torches, who were the teachers, but also extinguishers, who were the priests.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/he-the-emperor-once-said-of-ancient-earth-that-there-were-torches-who/)

[Graham McNeill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

> [“I cannot accept that,' said Uriel. 'The destruction of the Emperor's loyal subjects cannot be right.' 'We cannot always do what is right, Uriel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/i-cannot-accept-that-said-uriel-the-destruction-of-the-emperor-s/)

[Graham Mcneill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

> [“I know, but it is a pleasant fiction, my dear, and the sheer impossibility of a quest is no reason to abandon it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/i-know-but-it-is-a-pleasant-fiction-my-dear-and-the-sheer/)

[Graham McNeill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

> [“In mockery are the seeds of impiety sown.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/in-mockery-are-the-seeds-of-impiety-sown/)

[Graham McNeill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

> [“The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead do not fight one another. The dead have no desires, no petty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/the-dead-do-not-squabble-as-this-land-s-rulers-do-the-dead-do-not/)

[Graham McNeill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

> [“Ignorance and fear create the gods, enthusiasm and deceit adorn them, and human weakness worships them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/ignorance-and-fear-create-the-gods-enthusiasm-and-deceit-adorn-them/)

[Graham McNeill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-mcneill/)

> [“A world of death is a world of stagnation, without the change that makes it worthwhile. What you call uncertainty, I call life itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/a-world-of-death-is-a-world-of-stagnation-without-the-change-that/)

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> [“The Emperor tells us that civilization will only achieve perfection when the last stone of the last church falls upon the last priest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/the-emperor-tells-us-that-civilization-will-only-achieve-perfection/)

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> [“A wise man of Old Earth had once claimed that science would destroy mankind, not through its weapons of mass destruction, but through finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-mcneill/a-wise-man-of-old-earth-had-once-claimed-that-science-would-destroy/)

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