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'''The Spheres of Longing''' is a philosophical work by the noted [[Inquisitor]] [[Gideon Ravenor]].{{Fn|1}}  Although Ravenor served the [[Inquisition]] for several centuries, tracking down all manner of [[xenos]] and [[daemonic]] threats, his greatest fame after his death resulted from his writings.{{Fn|2}}

Some Imperial academics and archivists are fond of this book.{{Fn|5}} Even the great [[Space Marines]] are known to sometimes quote Ravenor,{{Fn|3}} as well as [[Colonel-Commissar]] [[Ibram Gaunt]].

== Known Passages ==
*''"How may I ask the [[Emperor]] what he owes of me?  When all I owe is to the [[Golden Throne]] and by duty I will repay."'' - Volume II{{Fn|1}}
*''"A Mind Without Purpose Will Walk In Dark Places."''{{Cite Marker End}}
*''"[[Chaos]] claims the unwary or the incomplete.  A true man may flinch away its embrace, if he is stalwart, and he girds his soul with the armour of contempt."''{{Fn|4}}
===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[First and Only (Novel)]] - [[Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding (Omnibus)]], "A Memory: Ignatius Cardinal, Twenty-Nine Years Earlier", pgs. 88-89
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Hereticus (Novel)]], Epilogue
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Helsreach (Novel)]], Part Two, pg. 255
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Armour of Contempt (Novel)]], {{Cite Marker End}}, pg. 3
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Colonel's Monograph (Novella)]]

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