"I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way for single bullets. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!"
—General John Sedgwick's alleged last words before being shot in the head by a sniper.
"Oh, the irony! The contrived, ham-fisted Irony!"
"This ain't training, trooper, this is the real thing. Those are real bullets and real bombs. This is war. If you want to make it through the next few hours alive, you better do exactly as I say and exactly as I do."
— Sergeant Rince Klebb, Baraspian 3rd Rifles, shortly before being devoured by a xenos horror, Warhammer 40,000: Only War
"There are powers in the galaxy that do not know virtue, mercy, or honest worth. They would tear down the Emperor's light if they could, for no other reason than to see it go out. Men of the Guard! Remember that the Emperor's light will never falter! Remember that no power in the galaxy rivals Him on Earth! Do not fear the threats and taunts of these marauders, for they utter them knowing the true fear that is the Emperor's Wrath! No force can take this fortress whi-!"
—Final words of Colonel Frederic Yorke of the 199th Argosi Heavy Infantry, at the Agony of Ironwall Garrison, Warhammer 40,000: Only War: Enemies of the Imperium
His exit-line from the world, spoken back over his shoulder as he went through the front door, pulling his hat firmly down to his ears, was: "Don't be so goddamned silly, Hilda. This is nothing but a capful of rain. You should have seen it in '57! That was a storm!" As Dr Hale turned back onto West Broadway, a manhole cover in front of the Mueller place suddenly lifted off like the payload of a Redstone rocket. It decapitated the good doctor so quickly and neatly that he walked on another three steps before collapsing dead on the sidewalk.
—It
"Right then," said the headmaster, tight-lipped, eyes fixed on the fence over which Ponyleaf had just vaulted. "I know most of you didn't really really expect to be practicing this level of combat this early in your career. But I think I can say that if I were an invading army, I'd certainly be given pause by such a formidable rank of enchanters as - God damn it, Haverson, I told you once before about-"
The vibrating rear half of an arrow suddenly appeared in his temple. He concluded his sentence with a few spit bubbles before falling over.
