Chaos Quotes

Chaos Portal

This article collect quotes made by the followers of Chaos or about them. The quotes are organized in an alphabetical order, using the speaker's name. Several statements about the followers, and Chaos in general, are also collected in similar articles (esp. Inquisition and Ecclesiarchy Quotes).

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Chaos Texts and Prayers

Tome	Quote	Source
Black Legion Catechism	Who pledged his loyalty? The Warmaster. Whom did we serve in faith? The Warmaster. From whom did we take our name? The Warmaster. Who was denied to us? The Warmaster. But whom shall we remake? The Warmaster. And who shall lead us to victory? The Warmaster.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 30, The Servants of Chaos
First Book of Indoctrination, Excerpt	The Daemon has many forms. You must know them all. You must tell the Daemon from his disguise and root him out from the hidden places. Trust no one. Trust not even yourself. It is better to die in vain than to live in abomination. The zealous martyr is praised for his valour, the craven and the unready are justly abhorred.	Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), pg. 8, Grey Knights Special Rules
The Book of Magnus	Without the light of Chaos, the universe would stagnate and collapse. Only through this struggle, can any advancement occur.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 46
The Book of Tzeentch	It is my cry that wakes you in the night, and my body that crouches in the shadow. I am Tzeentch and you are the puppet that dances to my tune.	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 , Talisman of Creativity
Seventh Tenant of the Blood Child	Strength is an illusion conjured by man’s cunning, the weapons he wields and his willingness to use them to tear the faces from his foes.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 146
The Prophecy of Ruin	Only the strongest shall arise to lead the Black Crusade.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 263
Excerpt from Book IX of the Sibylline Incitements	From the warp, power. But power alone is nothing without form or purpose. From desire, will. But will alone is pointless without the power to make those desires real. Only by melding the two can one find freedom from this cloying, stagnant reality.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 212
The Tome of Blood	Servants of the Lord of Slaughter stood from horizon to horizon, filling the air with their shrieks, gibbers and howls of blood. Their battle banners strained in the coppery wind that blew across the ranks. It was a banner of deepest, darkest red, with but a single rune and a legend of simple devotion: Blood for the Blood God. At some secret signal all fell silent and then came a single shriek of dark and bloody loyalty, a pact of hate and death. It echoed from leathered skins, and grew to shake the clouds... and far above the daemons’ ranks, there was an answering roar of bloody approval, torn from Khorne’s brazen throat.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 14
Torestus, The birth of Tor, author unknown	And so they descended, the Daemon-Gods. They gathered warped metals from the battlefields of Nissen with which to shape his flesh. They procured flame from the funerary pyre to give him life. But, in their infinite wisdom, they gathered the fruit of the Tree of Demitre, that which all man covets, and placed it where otherwise would be a heart, that he may desire dominion over the souls of man...	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 376, Chapter XII: False Prophets

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Abaddon the Despoiler	Horus was weak. Horus was a fool. He had the whole galaxy within his grasp and he let it slip away.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition), pg. 44
	I am the Arch-fiend, the Despoiler of Worlds, and by my hands shall the false Emperor fall.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 57
	Power comes in many shapes. But real power does the shaping.	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Worn Powerstone
	The Emperor protects. Kill every last one. – attributed, Ullanor Crusade, M31	The Last Son of Dorn (Novel), ch. 8
	I claimed this planet the moment I set eyes upon it. Vigilus is doomed, and the fools who toil in its defence are dead men.	Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze, pg. 70
Adrastus, Bodyguard of Captain Fenrix the Fated	In this galaxy, there is only war!	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 56
Ahzek Ahriman of the Thousand Sons	And what are the achievements of your fragile Imperium? It is a corpse rotting slowly from within while maggots writhe in its belly. It was built with the toil of heroes and giants, and now it is inhabited by frightened weaklings to whom the glories of those times are half-forgotten legends. I have forgotten nothing and my wisdom has expanded far beyond mere mortal frailties.	White Dwarf 275 (US), pg. 88
	The fool, the coward, and the ignorant proclaim that the warp is a realm of unknowable peril and indescribable terror, that it is the hell of countless ancient myths and legends. This is a lie, told by those whose authority is based on lies, to keep the masses terrified of the unknown. The warp is limitless in power and its secrets are infinite; it is knowledge and strength, life and death, and the untapped potential to make and remake worlds. It takes only the discipline and the will to shape it; those who lack that clarity of purpose are liable to be shaped by it instead.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 204
	Please forgive me the horror we both know you will make me put you through. - to High Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak	Atlas Infernal (Novel), Interregna #4
	Knowledge is power, and with the key to the Black Library I shall claim it all.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 50
	The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.[Note 1]	A Thousand Sons (Novel), frontispiece
	If the path to salvation leads through the halls of purgatory, then so be it.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 60
Algar the Blessed	These fangs, this armoured shell, these are as much gifts as this fine blade I wield.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 290
Alpha Legion	1. Discipline leads to Victory 2. It is Victory in War that brings Immortality 3. Immortality is the Gift of Chaos 4. In exchange, Chaos demands Blood 5. Thus, Blood must be ever spilt 6. Therefore, Eternal Life demands Eternal War 7. Eternal War demands Eternal Discipline 8. Chaos will always have Blood: Yours or Theirs - Eight Principles of War - Breviary of the Alpha Legion	Dawn of War: Soulstorm
	-I am Alpharius. -I am Alpharius. -We are all Alpharius. -We are Alpha Legion, and we are all one. -Three anonymous Alpha Legionnaires	Legion (Novel), ch. 1
Amphion and Zethus, Word Bearers Sorcerers	With the thirty-seven keys of Tzeentch, we open the way for our brothers. With the thousand whispers of Slaanesh, we call to them. With the twelve plagues of Nurgle, we fell their enemies. And with the mighty axe of Khorne, we cut open the world for them.	Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, Prelude to Chaos stronghold mission
Andrada, the Gore-Diva	We owe the Eldar a great debt of gratitude. If it were not for their voices, we could not have our choir. If it were not for their chisels, we would not have our blades. Remember to thank them when you run them through.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 322
Angron, Daemon-Primarch of the World Eaters	A million worlds, a billion battlefields, a trillion foes...	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 311
Eylis Anilas, Arch-Demagogue of the Faded Host	A daemon is such a beautiful beast—a foreigner to the Materium and yet perfectly formed to rend fl esh and break the minds of men.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 138
Antinichus, Daemon of the Bloody Blade	For seventeen long centuries have I remained in this blade, confined within these metal walls. During all of my time of imprisonment you are the first I have seen who is worthy to bear me into battle. Come, take my hilt, and I will serve you in the manner of my kind, drawing blood of your enemies, protecting you in the midst of the fight, bringing you safely home again. Now, draw me from the scabbard and test the fineness of my balance. See how easily I swing, how my keen edge cleaves the air. A good choice, am I not? Willingly you picked me up. Your first mistake. Willingly you drew me. Your second mistake. I do not allow my servants to make three mistakes, foolish mortal...	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 194
Argel Tal	The difference between gods and daemons depends largely upon where one stands at the time.	The First Heretic (Novel), Part Two: Pilgrimage, ch. 14
	Seven Months... Seven. Months. There are barely forty of us left. No food. We ate the crew... hateful mouthfuls of leathery flesh and dry bones. There was no water. Water tanks ruptured in the storm damage. We drank promethium fuel... weapon oils... engine coolant... Sire, we've been killing each other. We have been drinking each other's blood to stay alive. - after less than a minute in the Warp	The First Heretic (Novel), Part Two: Pilgrimage, ch. 12
Chaos Aspiring Champions	Do you hear the voices too?!!	Dawn of War
Asteroth, Daemon Prince of Slaanesh	Long shall be your suffering. Joyous be your pain.	Daemonifuge (Graphic Novel Series), Book One: The Screaming Cage, ch. 3
Aurelius, Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers	Not everyone receives the attention of the Dark Gods. Only those who are demonstrably exceptional are worthy of their notice.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 48

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Ba’ar Zul the Hate-Bound, Warrior of Khorne	Your shrines will burn, your streets run with blood, your false idols shattered, your people slaughtered by the thousands, your very planet torn apart… and the barest fraction of my hatred will be satisfied.	Fantasy Flight Games - Conquest - Boundless Hate Warpack (last accessed 9 June 2015)
Barlagst, Proprietor of Visceral Torment	A weapon unused is a weapon wasted.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 147
Ironhorn Belghar Great-tusk, before killing Elihm the Flenser, Militarum Traitoris warlord of the Dread Hounds	You call us ugly. You call us mindless beasts. You sneer at the thought of us, spit when you speak to us. You give us bones to gnaw upon and your every instruction is a task to humiliate us. You also underestimate us. We are stronger than you, faster than you, tougher than you, and have more stomach for the kill than you. That is why your warriors are dead, and why my aze is at your neck. Before you die and I feed you to my beastmen, know that we are the children of the Gods, not you, and for good reason.	Kill Team: Gallowfall Sourcebook, pg. 65
Bellerophid, Scarlet Marquis of the Emperor's Children	Thrill in the noise that breaks the skin and ravages the mind! Savour the shuddering, shaking screams that shiver the spine and shatter the skull! Let sensation wash over you, through you, claim you and cast you aside!	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 48
Angelica Benoit, Grand Marshall of the Free Systems Coalition	We live for Chaos so that we may die for ourselves.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 66
Battlecry of the Berserkers of Khorne	Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 84
Captain Berzias, Iron Warriors Commander	Only a fool fights without armour. My hate keeps me strong, but my armour keeps me alive.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 173
Magister Khalistim Bhewko	The Path to Glory is the path to destruction; yours, or your enemy’s...	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 289
Fabius Bile, Lieutenant Commander of the Emperor's Children	If a man dedicates his life to good deeds and the welfare of others, he will die unthanked and unremembered. If he exercises his genius bringing misery and death to billions, his name will echo through the millennia for a hundred lifetimes. Infamy is always more preferable to ignominy. - at the Desecration of Kanzuz IX	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 53
	Follow me, my Children, and the glory of victory shall be yours. We shall cleanse ourselves in the crimson waters of our enemy. We shall bring the ecstasy of quick release to those who stand before us. We shall give bloody praise to the Lord of Pleasure and sing his name as we dance across the fallen. Follow me, my Children, and you shall taste the undreamt joys that lie beyond the bounds of mortal sense.	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, Emperor's Children Army list, pg. 263
	Each of the Legions has now nominated aspirants seeking to throw themselves upon our mercy in the vain hope that we may deem them worthy to join our ranks. Those loyal to the shrunken corpse on Terra still cling to their own processes by which perhaps one in a hundred neophytes may survive to become a battle brother. The methods I have developed over the last millennia are more stringent, for we must be pure in our hatred and hard of heart, body and soul. Fewer than one in every thousand survive, and I strive each day to lengthen these odds still further. - from The Grimoire Mutatio Curatus (The Forbidden Writings of Fabius Bile)	White Dwarf 278 (UK), Heroes and Villains of the 41st Millennium: Fabius Bile, pg. 68
	The Dark Gods and their slaves have nothing to offer me now, but I have far more to offer them	Codex: Chaos (2nd Edition), pg. 102
	Great art so often fails to find an audience with the intellect to appreciate it. Sometimes I am filled with woe to think that no one in this blighted millennium has the wit to see the scope of my brilliance.	Black Tide (Novel), ch. Eleven
	Unlike you, whelp, I once walked the same ground as your idol. I breathed the same air as him. And I tell you this, without lie or artifice. He never wanted to become what you have made him! He did not wish to be your god-thing. He abhorred such ideals! The slavery of your crippled, blind Imperium would sicken him, if he had eyes to see it.
	The lesson is this. The only real crime for those of superlative intellect and great prowess is to allow one's self to become shackled by mediocrity. The crime is to let your grasp be less than your reach. To aim low.
Kargos Bloodspitter, Champion of Khorne	Though the gates that stand between the mortal world and the immortal Realm of Chaos are now closed to me, still I would rather die having glimpsed eternity than never to have stirred from the cold furrow of mortal life. I embrace death without regret as I have embraced life without fear.	Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 77

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Cachek the Deranged of the Writhing World, now deceased	Though the ground may open and devour you at any moment, that’s a small price for freedom in my eyes.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 340
Magos Caine of the Five-Fold Path	The path of the Omnissiah has left humanity dithering in the darkness, incapable of advancing on the paths of knowledge. Embracing the warp reveals technology that the primitives on Mars could never dream of wielding.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 64
Cardinal Maurius Castille before his disappearance	We are finished, you and I. Because you are unjust, unfair, unkind. I will block you! I swear it! I will hinder and harm your so-called Imperium I will ruin your works, as you have ruined mine.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 260
Chaos Space Marines	Sanity is for the weak!	Dawn of War
	WE ARE THE DESTROYER!
	We're back, and better than ever! - after regaining morale
Diuman Cilious, Alpha Legion Sorcerer	What the thick-headed fools with their broken corpse of an Emperor fail to understand is that not only can they never defeat us, but they can not hide or flee or shield themselves from the triumph of Chaos. They are finite and we are unbound, undivided. They must not err, or they fall to heresy. All who fall join our cause. Every Imperial fool who dares to open his eyes is a willing recruit. They strive merely to hold back our fury and might, and it consumes them. Thus you can see Chaos is inevitable. We lurk not only beyond their grasp and at their gates; we lurk within the darkness of their souls, on the tip of their tongues, in their tortured dreams. We are them, but freed from the shackles of ignorance. We are them, grown strong… evolved. We are them, but so much more!	Dawn of War: Soulstorm
Constanze the Prophetess, burned as a Heretic 6875356.M38	A great storm of darkness will descend upon Baliaris Maior. A tide of destruction will sweep from the Citadels of the Great Ones and purge the naive ursupers who serve the Lost Emperor. The Blood Reavers will come, with death and misery as their companions. The faithful will rise from their hiding places to avenge the persecutions heaped upon them. The despair of the unbelievers willl bring forth the immortal minions of the Dark Masters. Great will be the slaughter, most pleasing will be the malaise of death, triumphant will be the forces of Chaos!	White Dwarf 223 (UK), Blood Reavers, pg. 56
	Like the great storm of the Heresy, the forces of the True Gods will descend upon the False Emperor's minions. The stars will tremble at their passage, the mighty armadas of the Warmasters will bring annihilation to a hundred worlds. Great shall be the slaughter, most pleasing shall be the flow of blood. The fools who follow the Usurper Emperor will be brought low, forced to their knees amidst the corpses of their families and friends. The thrice-cursed one shall become as a living god, the power to destroy the Weakling Emperor shall be within his grasp. Know this, for these things will come to pass and the galaxy itself will be the spoils of victory.	Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook, pg. 116
Warlord Crox	Come. My axe thirsts.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 232
	My name is Crox, Warlord of Warlords. Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair! –Inscribed upon a shattered monument on Ch’Kar	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 304
Crull, Warlord of the World Eaters	By the Worm Eye that bleeds in all the dark places, by the wound that never heals... I summon you, Bloodthirster, from the darkest depths of the Warp!	Dawn of War: Winter Assault
	Yes! Let the blood flow! I and I alone, will be Khorne's chosen... his favoured acolyte and prime among his champions. And on that day when the Titan is mine, you will all worship me as you do the Gods! Once the Titan is mine, I will crush entire suns in the palm of my hand. I will stride down the halls of the Heathen Emperor and I will grind him and the Golden Throne of Terra between my iron fingers! More! More blood for the Blood God!
	Know this! What will come to pass is no longer war! It is endless sacrifice in His name. Blood for the Blood God... let the universe drown in it!
Konrad Curze, Primarch of the Night Lords	Your presence does not surprise me Assassin. I have known of you since your craft entered the Eastern Fringes. Why did I not have you killed? Because your mission and the act you are about to commit proves the truth of all I have ever said or done. I merely punished those who had wronged, just as your false Emperor now seeks to punish me. Death is nothing compared to vindication. - moments before his death at the hands of Callidus Assassin M'Shen	Codex: Chaos (2nd Edition), pg. 14
	If music is nourishment for the soul, what then of screaming?	Vulkan Lives (Novel), Chapter Fifteen
	I have seen darkness, witnessed it in my dreams. I am standing at the edge of a chasm. There is no escaping it, I know my fate. For it is the future and nothing can prevent it coming to pass. So I step off and welcome the dark.	Vulkan Lives (Novel), Chapter Twenty-One
High Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak, Ordo Xenos	Chaos cannot be turned against Chaos, proud Relictor. You are less a heretic than an imbecile if you believe that. The Dark Powers know your desire to use their sacrilegious tools; they exploit and manipulate it for their own ends - even in the loyal subjects of the Imperium. - to Techmarine Saul Torqhuil	Atlas Infernal (Novel), Act I, Canto III
	If my time in the Black Library taught me anything it was - rather controversially - that Chaos is already very much part of us. It deals in the currency of mortal souls and feeds off states and emotions that are in essence natural. Without us there would be no Chaos. Good and evil? Right and wrong? These are binary oppositions that the inhabitants of this galaxy use to comfort and define themselves. I'm afraid much of the God-Emperor's work is done in the grey area in between.

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Darvenorax, Champion of the Word Bearers Legion	Who can stand before the might of Chaos?	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 348
Raceen D’Uborll, Despot of Ardenz IV	To watch their faces as their bullets fl icker and fall at my feet is to also watch the faith in their corpse-god fall.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 178
De'Lanishel, Eldar Warlock	You claim to be a plotter beyond compare because your plan anticipates failure and turns it to success? When your failures put schemes into motion that in turn flounder, only to spawn new designs whose failure is all part of some master plot... then you still cannot master the schemes of the Changer of Ways.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 18

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Valdrekk Elias, Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers	When brother fights brother, it is called rivalry. When brother kills brother, it is called succession.	Vulkan Lives (Novel), Chapter Eight
Eliphas the Inheritor, Word Bearers Dark Apostle	Hear my warnings, unbelievers. Carried to your minds by the power of the Prince of Excess himself. We have raised altars in this land so that we may sacrifice you to our gods. Veterans of ten millennia of unholy war wait to grind you beneath the treads of their mighty boots. The chosen of Khorne hunger to add you to their bloody tally. The Blood God himself has marked this land, and will claim your skulls for his throne. There is no hope in opposing the inevitable. Put down your arms, unbelievers, and bow before the forces of Chaos Undivided.	Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
	Small steps corrupt.	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution
	Abandon reason, know only war!
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Erebus,<brFirst Chaplain	That which we foolishly call truth is only a small island in a vast sea of the unknown. For man to truly flourish, he must be willing to abandon the ever-shrinking island of such petty "truth" and surrender hismelf to the reality of that which is beyond. - attributed	The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Legions, pg. 92
	Mankind's stoicism in the face of suffering is founded upon its ignorance of the alternatives.	The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Legions, pg. 104
	A man can be convinced to do anything, no matter how abhorrent, with the right motivation.	Dark Creed (Novel), Book Four, ch. Eleven

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Kairos Fateweaver	Tzeentch cares not what they were or what they become. Only that they change.	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Chaos Warp
	That which was, will be. That which will be, was.	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Reverberate
Lord Ingus Fell, Bringer of Decay	A chalice, brimming with corruption and brutality; it awaits but a strong enough arm to upturn it...	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 316
Foeticus, Plaguewarden of Nurgle	Soft flesh and brittle bone. You will feel the Grandfather’s touch.	Wrath and Glory Core Rulebook , pg. 316 Plaguebearer

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Commander Phineas Gage	I swear to make war on the Imperium and its people, and I will go to my grave attempting to tear down the walls of that benighted, decadent, and foolish empire. It is not I, at long last, who have betrayed the Imperium, it is the Imperium who has betrayed me. It is the Imperium who has betrayed us all.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 34
Hordemaster Ghaneth	Let the Emperor send forth his zealous hosts. I have my own, blessed by the Lords of the Warp. Here I stand, and here they shall die!	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 320 "Jericho Reach"
Ghadrax the Annihilator	Let the blood flow in a crimson tide. Let it pour through their meager fanes and drown their prating priests. Let it sweep away the Corpse-Emperor's pitiful armies and submerge his rotting worlds in an ocean of gore. So demands mighty Khorne, and so shall it be!	Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pg. 217
Ghargatuloth, Daemon Prince of Tzeentch	What is Chaos? Suffering, you might say. Oppression. Deceit. But could not all these things be said of your Imperium? You hunt down the talented and the strong-willed. You break them or sacrifice them. You lie to your citizens and wage war on those who dare speak out. The inquisitors you call masters assume guilt and execute millions on a whim. And why? Why do you do this? Because you know Chaos is there but you do not know how to fight it, so you crush your own citizens for fear that they might aid the Enemy. The Imperium suffers because of Chaos. No matter how hard you fight, that will never change. Chaos exists in a state of permanent victory over you - you dance to our tune, mortal one, you butcher and torture and repress one another because the gods of the warp require you to. The Imperium is founded on Chaos. My lord Tzeentch won your war a long, long time ago.	Grey Knights (Novel), ch. 20
Grekk Redye, Chaos Cultist of Tzeentch	This was my hand! It was ripped from my wrist three tithes ago in the teeth of a forging press. Our oppressors seared my severed stump so that I could remain at my station without bleeding to death. But look upon my hand now, sisters and brothers! It has regrown, and with more fingers than I could ever have hoped for. It is a blessing from the Great Saviour, and such blessings can be yours also. All that is required of you is faith.' - Sermon in the Sump	Codex: Thousand Sons (8th Edition), pg. 44
Ardent Grey, Master of Bladed Spire	“How can I even begin to explain to such a creature as you the ways in which I am superior? Blessed as I am, it is the mastery of my flesh and my mind which have separated me from the common man and granted me the right to bask in the glory of the gods themselves!	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 114
Grimspyre, Daemon of Khorne	You have caused us great discomfort, little flea... And I feel inclined to scratch. - to Inquisitor Silas Hand	Daemonifuge (Graphic Novel Series), Book One: The Screaming Cage, ch. 3

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Haakor of the Black Legion	Butcher your enemy's warriors without mercy. Crush his armies and leave none alive. But do not stop there. Burn his cities. Bomb his worlds from orbit. Slaughter everything and everyone until he kneels in the ashes of those he sought to protect. Only then will he understand the true fury of the Dark Gods.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 51
Harda’al, of the Prophets of the Blighted Path	Something slumbered in the darkness of that world, something abhorrent, something anathema. That something has stirred; that something has arisen...	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 368, "Xenos"
Harzhan, Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers	Cast down the idols! Destroy the temples! Slay the priests! Show these fools that they worship nothing more than a rotting corpse!	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 42
Mikhail Hassid, Warlord	A man can only be measured by his deeds. Useless statistics cannot hope to reveal his true spirit.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 51
Thalien Hax, Charm-master of the Reaving Triad	A silver tongue is often a better solution to a problem than a strong arm.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 276
Seriadne Hekht, Traitor General, Styxx 777th	I gave the God-Emperor my blood. He rewarded me with suffering, and misery, and with comrades turned corpses. I spit on him. He is a parasite, a fatted leech that will drain humanity dry and still expect their fawning gratitude. But he will never taste my veins again. I have new masters now, and for them I will spill the blood of the faithful fools until the monster on the Golden Throne starves!	Kill Team: Moroch, pg. 25
Vandar Herroth, the Architect of Blasphemy	The grand horror of the warp touches many minds; it is not merely the mind of the witch that can delve into the depths of the Immaterium. Through grand rituals and arcane rites, the devoted can speak to the Gods and beseech them for favour.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 228
P'tor Hesh, Traitor Flenser	Blood and skulls for the Red Hound! Rot and ruin for Father Filth! Lies and cunning for the Shadow in the Eye! Always more for Lady Plenty! Tribute, brothers and sisters! Give tribute!	Kill Team: Moroch, pg. 78
Kulvain Hestarius of the Death Guard	In the embrace of the great Nurgle, I am no longer afraid, for with His pestilential favour I have become that which I once most feared: Death.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 10
Valash Hex, Arch Heretic of the Scarlet Intent	Human minds are weak and feeble—is it any wonder then that the Warp confounds and corrupts them?	Deathwatch Core Rulebook, pg. 180
Graffiti linked to Helot Cults	Drudging classes of the Hive unite! Worker, let not the bounty of your labours line the pockets of the Guilders! To have more, we must take more. To take more we must know more! Free yourselves and look to the Serrated Star for your salvation!	White Dwarf April 2018, pg. 123
Honat, Lieutenant of the Mordian Iron Guard 349th, executed for cowardice after the loss of his platoon, concerning Chaos Space Marines	It was fury! It was death! Hatred clad in steel! War bound in flesh! Before it, we could do nothing. Nothing but die.	Only War: Enemies of the Imperium, pg. 114
Honsou, Warsmith of the Iron Warriors	That's what you don't understand about me, Vaanes. I don't care. I do what I want because it is who I am. Anything else is a lie and if there is one thing I can say of myself, it is that I will never compromise who I am. Not for the powers of the warp, not for the M'kar and certainly not for you. When death is a heartbeat away, I am truly alive. That's the only way I know how to live. What else is there?	The Chapter's Due (Novel), ch. 9
	Beyond that opening are my enemies. Behind me are warriors who would happily turn their weapons on me if they thought they could get away with it. Do you really think I'm doing this to try and impress anyone? I know who I am, and I don't give a greenskin's fart what anyone thinks of me.	The Iron Without (Short Story)
Horus	The creatures of the Warp are just "aliens" too, but they are not life forms as we understand the term. They are not organic. They are extra-dimensional, and they influence our reality in ways that seem sorcerous to us. Supernatural, if you will. So let's use all those lost words for them... daemons, spirits, possessors, changelings. All we need to remember is that there are no gods out there, in the darkness, no great daemons and ministers of evil. There is no fundamental, immutable evil in the cosmos. It is too large and sterile for such melodrama. There are simply inhuman things that oppose us, things we were created to battle and destroy. - on Sixty-Three Nineteen, after the Battle of the Whisperhead Mountains	Horus Rising (Novel), Part One, ch. 10
	The day will not save them. And we own the night. - attributed to Horus before the assault on the Imperial Palace	Adeptus Titanicus (game), pg. 43
	Let the Galaxy burn.	Galaxy in Flames (Novel), ch. 12
	When the traitor's hand strikes, it strikes with the strength of a legion. - attributed	The Traitor's Hand (Novel), ch. 5
Gabriel Huang, Archdeacon of the Holy Oath	The corpse-emperor cannot hear your pleas, but there are others who are happy to grant your every wish.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 62
	Celebrate the blessings of the Gods! They grant us the abilities to overcome those fools who would ignore their powers.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 74
Lugft Huron, The Tyrant of Badab	The strong are strongest alone.[Note 2]	The Skull Harvest (Short Story)
	Though my guards may sleep and ships may rest at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.	Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Rulebook, pg. 48
	The Imperium is a weak old man, ready and waiting to be broken apart by his vengeful sons.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 58
Hyperlogus Phaevra, Lord Sensorium of the Silken Death	This is our time. Look upon the great wound in the sky if you disbelieve it. Fight us by all means, for we relish every stinging bullet, every slash of the blade, just as you might relish a delicious feast. But know this truth, and remember it as the night skies curdle above you – we have already won. - about the Great Rift	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 116

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Imurah, Sorcerer Lord, Thousand Sons	You tiny grains of sand, prattling as you tumble. For a moment it seemed you might do my work for me, but alas I must finish this myself. Witness true power!	The Art of Warhammer Video Games, pg. 146, Space Marine 2
Ferrous Ironclaw, Warsmith of the Iron Warriors Second Grand Company	We fight the long war, not through vain notions of duty and honour, but through a far purer purpose: hatred. At the height of our glory we were betrayed and cast out by our kin. Guilliman, Dorn, Sanguinius - these are names I curse. Horus, Perturabo, Angron - these are names I revere, names I would follow to the very end. It is this hatred that has sustained me through the long millennia. I tend it with bitterness. I nurture it with the deaths of my former brothers. For I know that when the end is upon us and Horus is returned, then the false emperor shall be cast down from his sepulchral Golden Throne, and we shall take our rightful place at the side of Horus, the true Emperor of Mankind.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition), pg. 82
Renegade Harkan Ironfist	I salute you! For though our path has been long and bloody, you have served our Lord with unflinching courage and the honour of true warriors. We have seen many fall today and must remember, even as we die, that our blood too is welcome... - last words	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, pg. 234
Welbec Ironlock, servant of Khorne	Pain paves my path to glory!	Wrath and Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 341 Possessed Mortal
Ivano Caroson, High Cleric of the Transcendent Eye	Cast off the lies of oppression. The True Path is before us. Open your eyes to the change made possible by the Master of Fates. Swap thankless toil for righteous service and you will be rewarded in gifts most holy.	Wrath and Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 338 Cult Leader

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Kaldemar Kursh, Red Corsairs	We burn their bastions and shatter their defence lines! We shall teach them to defy the will of the Tyrant!	Strategy Cards for Planetary Empires expansion game, card "Planetstrike – Major Stratagem", (saved archive page, dated February 2011, last accessed 7 October 2015)
Kalos the Ravager	No. No! Not the sarcophagus … Khorne damn you, you disloyal curs. JUST KILL ME!	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 , Helbrute
Karazantor the Vile, The Traitor of Xian	Do not ask which creature screams in the night Do not ask which creature screams in the night, Do not question who waits for you in the shadow. It is my cry that wakes you in the night, And my body that crouches in the shadow. I am Tzeentch and you are the puppet That dances to my tune.	Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 78
Magos Elizah Kaudge	Flesh and bone are weak and mutable, and yet the daemonic is ultimately insubstantial and impotent. To be master of both matter and energy, and blend this mastery with ultimate control of one's consciousness, is to achieve true immortality - neither confined by the material, nor divorced from it.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 35
Khalos the Ravager, former Chaos Space Marine, now Hellbrute	No. No! Not the sarcophagus... Khorne damn you, you disloyal curs, just kill me. JUST KILL ME! - last words prior to Helbrute Interment	Dataslate: Helbrutes, pg. 4, Hellbrutes - Endless Incarceration
Darius Khanan, Lord of the Blood Brotherhood	Honour your blades! Consecrate your guns! Anoint them with the hot blood of the strongest foes!	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 126
Khârn of the World Eaters	Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn!	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition), pg. 49
Khol the Despoiler	Strip the bodies. It amuses me to use their own devices against them.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 179
Octavius Kohl, Battlelord	It is not enough to defeat your foe. His people must be ravaged, his homeland laid waste, and his reputation laid bare. Only then will your name be known as a true servant of the gods.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 82
Kor Phaeron, Keeper of The Faith	Dogma is like tough meat. It is best well-chewed. - Seventy-Second Epistle	Fabius Bile: Primogenitor (Novel), Part One, ch. Eight
	Victory attained through violence is victory indeed. But when the enemy turns on itself—that is the essence of true, lasting victory!.	Dark Apostle (Novel), Book Two, ch. Nine
	With victories over others, we conquer. But with victories over ourselves, we are exalted. There must always be contests, and you must always win.	Dark Apostle (Novel), Book Three, ch. Sixteen
	Hate the xenos as you hate the infidel, as you hate the non-believer. Feel not mercy for them, for their very existence is profane. What right have they to live, those that are Other?	Dark Disciple (Novel), Book Two, ch. Seven
	Faith, hate, vengeance and truth; these are our tenets. Embrace them.	Dark Creed (Novel), Book Three, ch. Eight
Teachings of Gaiak Krustellam, Dark Magos	The revelation of spirit when encountering the power of Chaos is as freeing for the machine as it is for the mortal mind. It is our duty to create this blessed state of union.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 44
Ku'gath Plaguefater	Praise Nurgle! For the plague to have progressed so quickly, truly his blessing must be upon us!	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 , Dark Ritual

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Lesh'Jae'Thi'Hah, Keeper of Secrets	This world, this galaxy, all of it is ours to twist and corrupt as we will! Such elaborate artistry have we planned for the flesh and souls that you would, in your ignorance, gobble like mindless beasts. We shall cast you back into the outer dark from whence you came, for this reality is the plaything of the children of the Eye, and you have no place in it!	Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition) (E-Book Edition), The Fall of Shadowbrink, pg. 30
Sanctifier LeVay, Cult of the Sacred Union	Embrace your hunger, your lust, your desire. The universe is ours for the taking!	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 , Talisman of Indulgence Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 86
	Plumb the depths of the warp, embrace its madness, and show its glory to those who fear it.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 70
Lorgar, Primarch of the Word Bearers	Faith is the soul of any army; be it vested in primitive religion or enlightened truth. It makes even the least soldier mighty, the craven is remade worthy and through its balm any hardship may be endured. Faith ennobles all of the works the soldier undertakes be they so base or vile, and imports to them the golden spark of transcendant purpose ..	The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre, pg. 136
	The difference between gods and daemons largely depends upon where one is standing at the time. – Lorgar quoting Argel Tal	Horus Rising (Novel), Part One, preamble
	It's called treachery, Roboute. It works very well.	Know No Fear (Novel), System//Kill, ch.3
	Roboute... let the galaxy burn.
	Rage without focus is no weapon at all. Take this lesson back to the Blood God. – said to An'ggrath, before banishing the Daemon.	Aurelian (Novella), Part Four, ch. Nine
	It is not enough that corruption is recognised. It must be opposed. It is not enough that ignorance is acknowledged. It must be defied. Win or lose, what matters is making a stand for the virtues we will bequeath to the human race. When this galaxy is finally ours, we’ll hold a worthless prize if we plant the last aquila, on the last day, on the last world, having led humanity into moral darkness. – Leman Russ quoting Lorgar in conversation with Angron	Betrayer (Novel), Part One, ch. Ten
Lucius the Eternal	Brothers! Welcome to the feast! Tell me, which among you will be the first course?	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 62
Lyssa’har, Pleasureherald of Slaanesh	Your desires betray you, mortal. The lies of your heart are sweet as nectar on my tongue.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 62 Daemonette

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Magnus the Red	The minds of gods are not for mortals to know or to judge. Accept that Tzeentch has a place for all of us in his grand scheme, and be happy in the part you have to play.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 37
	Do you remember what you said to me, brother? Do you remember what you said to me as we fought before the Pyramid of Photep? Do you remember the words you used? I do. As I recall, your face was tortured. Imagine that - the Master of the Wolves, his ferocity twisted into grief. And yet you still carried out your duty. You always did what was asked of you. So loyal. So tenacious. Truly you were the attack dog of the Emperor. You took no pleasure in what you did. I knew that then, and I know it now. But all things change, my brother. I'm not the same as I was, and you're... well, let us not mention where you are now. - to a statue of Leman Russ, during the Battle of the Fang	Battle of the Fang (Novel), ch. 20
	We often say that the mind of man is his greatest weapon. Think how much greater then the mind of a Space Marine must be? - attributed	Deathwatch Core Rulebook, pg. 182
Magnus Thrice-fated, moments before his death by plasma fire	You humans are weak! See the strength of my arm, the might of my armour. How can you hope to match me?	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 274
Malich, founder and sole member of the Burning Eye Legion	The gods permit me to tread my own path. Who are you to question them?	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 58
Oath of the Malignant Order	Only in the corruption of decay can we return to the purity from which life sprang.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 85
Maor the Scarred, Siege-Champion of the Scargivers	The Legionnaire that scoffs at a lasgun has not charged across an open field against a hundred of them.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 348
Talien Meers, Traitor Legionnaire	My reward exists nowhere on this mortal plane. Instead, my everlasting reward lies in the warp.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 266
M'kar the Thrice Born, Daemon Prince	The inferno of my vengeance fills you! It will burn you, my bearers of the holy word, it will fill your veins with power and fire until Ultramar is in ashes. As my power flows in you, so too will I see what you see, feel what you feel and know what you know. With each death I will grow stronger. With every fortress burned my reach will stretch further. You will be my army of dark righteousness. You will be the Bloodborn and your name shall strike terror into the hearts of men! Spread throughout Ultramar and take my fire to the Ultramarines! Burn them from their fastnesses until no trace remains. This is my holy word! - 854999.M41	The Chapter's Due (Novel), ch. 5
Modrun the Fiendlord, before the Third Massacre at Adolorata	Now, my ascension is complete. Feeble flesh has been cast out, and in its place is power manifest. Let me show you.	Only War: Enemies of the Imperium, pg. 118
Mortarion, Daemon Primarch	Hold your bitterness deep within, and there let it fester. Let it roil and squirm and churn, until you are filled with bile so poisonous that all you touch falls to ruin.	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Bile Blight
Musim, Advisor to Arn-Ord the Merciless	Those who ignore the blessings of the gods of the warp are doomed to suffer at their hands.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook , pg. 60
Sindri Myr, Alpha Legion Sorcerer	All power demands sacrifice... and pain. The universe rewards those willing to spill their life's blood for the promise of power.	Dawn of War, Mission 9 (Single player campaign)

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Gorius Nehrvan Conqueror of the Xheras Reach Worlds	The Corpse-King doesn't rule here any more. Your god has shrunk back from the darkness. This is my realm now. You worship me.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 20
The Newborn of the Iron Warriors	Without him I would not exist. Without his genetics I would have been one of the Unfleshed, an aborted monstrosity left to die on Medrengard. - Sounds like you should be grateful to him. Grateful? My life is fragments. I am the broken shards of two people and I live in pain with every moment that passes. Grateful? No, Ventris cursed me to the agony of a life I didn't ask for. He made me what I am and there is not enough pain in the world for what he will suffer in return. - That's my boy. -with Cadaras Grendel and Warsmith Honsou, on Uriel Ventris	The Chapter's Due (Novel), Chapter Eleven
The Nine Heads of Nurgle	Let us play hide and slay!	Inferno! 7, pg. 41
Noise Marines	We're so loud you wanna die Go forth and amplify Here come the Noise Marines	Lyrics.com: D-Rok - Noise Marines (last accessed 13 December 2022)
Altus Nox, Word Bearers Traitor Legion	Rush headlong into oblivion. Only then can you see what waits beyond.	Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault, pg. 84

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Gauwe Psgas	It is the fate of the weak to die unknown, and the destiny of the strong to rule for eternity. Give me glory, or give me death!	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 81

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Ezorath Qu’rastis, Sorcerer of the Thousand Sons	Twist your enemy's deeds. Render his victories your own. Weave about him the strands of fate and providence until, with but a twitch of his strings, you compel your puppet to lie, to kill, and even sacrifice his own own life, in furtherance of the will of Tzeentch.	Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pg. 213

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Glomar Rho, Brassmeister of Aleph Nine	All flesh decays, and all metal rusts. But the metal will last longer... long enough to see the corpse-god buried forever.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 188
Rorath'rath the Skullweaver	Slay without pity; triumph without remorse. You are the legions of Khorne, His favourite warriors. You shall bring defeat and death to His enemies. You shall crush.	Wrath and Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 346 Bloodletter

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Sektoth, the False Whisperer	The only lie is that there has ever been anything but Chaos. The only ones who have misled you are those who sent you here to die for a cause you cannot understand. But I shall grant you a new purpose. Accept your deaths as the will of the Ruinous Ones and I shall open your eyes the true nature of this universe.	Only War: Enemies of the Imperium, pg. 112
Sha'ris, Deacon of Lust	I can show you indulgence without regret, delight without boundaries, gratifications beyond count.	Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 , Herald of Slaanesh
Ashesh Kushal Siddhran, Pleasure Prince of Slaanesh	A hundred lifetimes of murder and still the thrill of combat calls to me.	Wrath and Glory Core Rulebook , pg. 342 Chaos Space Marine
Kataria Skol, Scrying-Wyrd of Blasted Station	What you do not understand is that I am the future of humanity, while you fools are its distant past. Let me show you mankind’s destiny.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 53
Skyrar, Master of the Thirst for Vengeance	Join me, brothers, and we will make the minions of the undying Emperor pay for the lies and betrayal they have dealt us!	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 53
Sloughskins, Plagebearers Legion	Bursting with life. Bursting with life. - War Drone	Conquest 17, Invaders of Ultramar - Forces of Chaos, pg. 8
Soloria Half-Blind of Furia	To become strong, you must be eternally tested.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 35
Dark Magos Celui Spehn, Master of the Platinum Forges	You call dare call us heretics? You can see nothing, your view too narrow to perceive the true glories of technology in all its myriad ways. Where was your Omnissiah when our sector was cut off and left for dead? In his absence we have learned there is more than the dictates of the corpse-god. We innovate while you copy. We discover while you entrench. We learn from all while you refuse to cogitate outside your petty enclosures. I would pity you, if you had any capacity to appreciate the emotion. In time you may yet realize your pathetic miscalculation, but by then we will be as gods ourselves.	Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault, pg. 89
High Adept Sywethan of the Divine Path	I pity you, standing there with your cherished Wargear. How naive of you to think such trinkets can keep me from the power that is my birthright. I will wipe you from existence with a single thought.	Wrath and Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 339 Rogue Psyker

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Taln’ar of the Night Lords	My flesh for your power. My soul for your strength. - upon his possession	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 344
Vexal Tav, Wyrd	The creatures I have seen are glorious and vile in their own measure. Their form is a perfect vision of the Gods’ dark will. None can match the majesty of these vicious beasts.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 351
Sorot Tchure, Captain of the Word Bearers Legion	For years I have despised Lorgar... look at your primarch, Honorius. So singular in aspect. So noble. I have envied you, envied the Imperial Fists, the Luna Wolves, the Iron Hands. And I am not alone. We struggle with a mercurial mind, Honorius. We labour under the burden of a brilliant but fallible commander. We no longer bear the word, my friend. We bear Lorgar.	Know No Fear (Novel), Target//Acquisition, ch. Eight, pg. 101
Captain Tarik Torgaddon, Luna Wolves	- Throne, don't they ever stop? I must have killed a hundred or more of the damned things. - You probably keep killing the same one. If you don't destroy the head, they get back up again. - with Garviel Loken on Davin, under attack by Plague Zombies	False Gods (Novel), pg. 149
Greval Truchalt, Cult Magos	- 'Long have the snivelling masses of mankind confounded our plans. Not today, my friends. Today the teeming billions of this world will be our instrument of victory!'	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 362
Typhus the Traveler, Herald of Nurgle	I shall reap a terrible bounty from the death that I sow in your name, Father Nurgle...	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 61
Tyrell, Renegade Lord of Arden IX	Take care, lest your protests grow tiresome. I have asked for so little! Anyone would think that I have asked you to sacrifice yourselves and your sons! And yet, in Slaanesh's boundless and pleasing mercy, I have asked only for your daughters. Surely you would not deny me my small enjoyments?	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 52

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Ulkair, Great Unclean One	There, feel the glory of necrosis, and rejoice! Nurgle loves you!	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution
Ungrol Onceman, Beastman Shaman of the Rustpelts	Pile the offerings high! Make a tower of the bones, the skulls and the weapons of the defeated blasphemers! Show the Gods who you have killed for them, who you have butchered and punished in their name. Roar your praises to the Gods for giving us the victory. Once that is done, bring me our prisoners. Their blood will be our greatest gift to the Gods.	Kill Team: Gallowfall, pg. 24
Urgloth Rotheart, Plague Champion of the Death Guard	Sickness, disease, plague and pox, suffering and the slow, living rot. Such wondrous gifts does Nurgle seek to bestow upon the unworthy human cattle of the Imperium. We are merely the vectors by which his virulent beneficence may be spread to the undeserving masses.	Dark Imperium (Game), Death Guard Booklet, pg. 11 Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pg. 189

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable	Well, that was unexpected... - Last words, attributed by Commissar Ciaphas Cain	The Traitor's Hand (Novel) Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium, Chapter 18
	That was unexpected, wasn't it? - Last words	Cain's Last Stand (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus) by Sandy Mitchell, Chapter 24, pg. 756
Vashtorr the Arkifane	Danger is a downpayment on success.	Archmagos (Novel), Chapter 31
	There is only one price, and the price is always the same. The price is souls, the souls of machines or the souls of men, I care not. Souls are the currency of power, and I deserve all the riches this bountiful universe has to offer. Collect them for me, and you shall prosper. For souls you shall have armour, and machines of war, and more allies to swell the pitiful forces you offer me.	Archmagos (Novel), Chapter 35
	Alas that your erasure must I engineer herein this place, for you are now but grit in the flywheels to be whisked away. Machines have you made for such purpose as I cannot condone. And yet, uses I shall find for your nodal matrix, little king. Lengths yet are there to which you have not been driven. Mayhap I shall wield the goad. -Vashtorr talking to himself after his victory over the Skahren System.	Crusade: Pariah Nexus, pg. 42
Talasta Veletin, First Lady of the Gilded House	True power is not what you can do for yourself but what your minions can do for you.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 135
Tyzek V’th, Changebringer of Tzeentch	I am many made one.	Wrath and Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 348 Pink Horror
Svane Vulfbad	I murdered thousands for the Emperor and he gave me nothing except his damning silence. Now his lapdogs yap for every life I take, while the gods promise me the galaxy.	Shadow War: Armageddon rulebook, pg. 126
Vhostokh, Warpsmith, Scourge of Diesos	Daemonic fury, bound into the shell of a metal beast and set loose upon the galaxy. Tell me, mortal – have you ever seen such a glorious sight? -about the Defiler	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 77, Defilers

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Speaker	Quote	Source
World Eaters motto	"Attack" is the only order worth remembering.	Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness, pg. 252, FFG Preview of the Forbidden Stars Game
Haarken Worldclaimer, Chaos Lord of Gloomtalons	Abaddon the Despoiler. The Vengeful Spirit has been stricken amidships. The weak fool at its helm has ordered flight into the warp, likely using the attack to claim our flagship for himself. We must return, or risk losing it forever!	Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze, pg. 41

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Cardinal Xaphan, Saviour of Vraks	The Dark Gods are our fears and our dreams made manifest. Their hungers are the same as humanity’s, simply on a far vaster scale.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 83

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Speaker	Quote	Source
Zygthu Hel, Anointed Sorcerer of the Burning Path	Knowledge is a sharpened blade in willing hands and the eager mind a razors edge to sink deep into the flesh of your foes.	Black Crusade Core Rulebook, pg. 90

Anonymous/Unattributed

Quote	Source
Their baying chills the heart and spreads icy tendrils of fear through weak mortal souls. And yet worse, yet more terrible to behold, are the huntsmen of this fell pack. Following close upon the Hounds, urging them ever forward, come deformed shapes, running and shrieking, driven by the insatiable blood-hunger of their kind. With twisted crimson bodies they stride across the blighted land, crouched over as if the better to track their prey's terror. Masters of the hunt, they seek the blood of Man to spill at the foot of their master's Skull Throne. - unknown	Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 81
The common man is like a worm in the gut of a corpse, trapped inside a prison of cold flesh, helpless and uncaring, unaware even of the inevitability of its own doom. - unknown	Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 82
Don't blame me for what I’ve done. I watched my wife and daughters die before me. It was death or embracing Chaos, and I knew that through Chaos, I might live. Live! It is life that matters and what I have learned is that Chaos IS life, for life is change and destruction and new forms, new mutations ever manifesting. We clung to the Emperor, a dying effigy, because He was all we knew. We feared life. We feared our own potential strength. The Imperium is dying. A slow death, but it’s dying. I did what I had to, that’s all. I opened my eyes and saw what a fool all of us were, bowing to a half-dead failure slumped on a throne. Haha! The blasphemy still sends shivers down my spine. It is the freshness of life. I am given to Chaos now. Now I truly live! - unknown	Dawn of War: Soulstorm
Death to the false Emperor!	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 4
Burn the body; sear the soul	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 82
Impurity shall be our armour Hate shall be our weapon Immortality shall be our reward	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 83
Destroy, for the sake of Destruction Kill, for the sake of Killing
Let no good deed go unpunished. Let no evil deed go unrewarded.	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 84
Shackle the soul and forge the flesh. Bind the machine and butcher the rest. - unknown	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 34
Stand forth, Servant. The Sword you carry has been smelted in the heat of your anger, forged upon your desire, tempered in your hate, quenched in your soul, polished with your loyalty, furnished with your bones and skin, tested in your hand, and borne in my name. You Slave, are mine, as much as the Blade...	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, pg. 90 - Chaos Weapons
[RECORD BEGINS] The process of absorption fascinates… [unclear] ones body might somehow swallow the item, like unto a serpent or the surface of some [viscous?] fluid. Yet it doth seem a mutual [process]. For not only doth the body absorb the [weapon] but also [doth the] weapon, in some strange way, seem to [absorb] the body…[RECORD CORRUPT] as the weapon becomes like unto my flesh, so doth mine flesh… [unclear] like unto the weapon. Indeed, I trace this [stylus] upon mine arm, and the shape and form of the weapon appears under [my touch?]. It doth not appear in mine hand so much as mine hand doth arrange itself so as to become the weapon… [BREAK IN RECORD] capakhity of mine new form to abkhorb weaponsh ish akhtonishing… [unclear] a whole lakhgun! But I do shtart to lokhe zhe shenshation in mine shkin. Mine jawkh are [hardening?] and mine ribkh are protruding from mine [chest]. Zhey are of a dull, metallic sheen and tekhts show zhey are a mix of [bone?] and shome metal I cannot identify… [BREAK IN RECORD] thsi wil be mmmylsat [RECORD CORRUPT] cannnnnnnnnnnot useth esse febel mahcinsse aaaaany log;ner [RECORD CORRUPT] tothe eyeof the larybinht the hearto fthe maichnettttto the pppplaceo f… metalll… [RECORD ENDS] - From the private collection of Inquisitor Cleops, unknown origin	The Obliterator Virus in Inquisitor, pg. 2
Kill us! Kill us all! In the name of Terra, before he- -transcript of last broadcast from Ryxus V, the first world conquered by Heritor Asphodel	Necropolis (Novel), Ch. Eleven
Woe to he who hears the word of the Infernal Denizen of the Great Abyss, for his soul shall be tainted for all eternity. Better to die in eternal ignorance than to burn in the eternal fire. -The Apocrypha of the Seventh Seal	FFG Teaser to the "Enemies Beyond" - Supplement for the Dark Heresy Second Edition
For ten thousand years we have fought the Long War and our hatred still knows no succour. Those who have defied us shall feel the full wrath of Chaos. Mackan, Stygies and Avellorn will burn before our fury, Daemons will feast upon the soft flesh of innocence. Death to the False Emperor! Death to the weakling Imperium of Man!	Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 123
Victory needs no explanation. Defeat allows none.	White Dwarf 216 (UK), pg. 75
Kill me... — Anonymous Chaos Spawn	Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 352
I will follow a Corpse-God no more. I am free. — Anonymous Cultist	Wrath and Glory Core Rulebook, pg. 337

Trivia

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Note 1

Original quote by the Greek philosopher Socrates.

Note 2

Possible reference to "The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.", a quote by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.