Quotes from Sandy Mitchell

regrets are a waste of good drinking time,

When in deadly danger, When beset by doubt, Run in little circles, Wave your arms and shout.

Losses are inevitable on the battlefield, of course, but in my view, no one's expendable apart from the enemy; angry, resentful troopers aren't going to cover my back when the las-bolts start flying,

The more she saw of the galaxy the more she'd come to understand that sometimes the commission of a smaller sin was the unavoidable price of extirpating a much greater one.

You're the expert,' I said. 'I'd just have told you to use your best judgement in any case.' She nodded, seemingly relieved, and I swept my gaze around the rest of the little group. 'And that goes for the rest of you too,' I added. 'Unless you're faced with a decision which will affect our safety as a group, just get on with it.

Shouldn't we try to help him?' Simla asked. I shook my head, with as much reluctance as I could feign. 'I wish we could,' I lied.

Paranoia is a very comforting state of mind. If you think they're out to get you, it means you think you matter.

If you don't expect gratitude you'll seldom be disappointed.' – Eyor Dedonki, Memoirs of a Pessimist. 479 M41

How much we take the Omnissiah's gifts for granted, he thought ruefully, until we no longer have them.

Everything changes eventually, except for the Emperor.

The Guard needed soldiers of that calibre, and if I had to bend a few regulations to keep them standing between me and whatever the warp might be about to vomit up at us, I'd make origami out of the rulebook without a second thought.