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"Okay - we made a mistake! I'm sorry! Here, open my wrist!"
"Commander, please. On the issue of galactic peace, I'm long past
innocence and fast approaching apathy. It's all a game -- a paper
fantasy of names and borders. Only one thing matters, Commander. Blood
calls out for blood."
"Mr. Garibaldi, you are sitting at my station, using my equipment. Is
there a reason for this, or to save time should I just go ahead and
snap your hands off at the wrist?"
"I hate it when you get heroic. It cuts into my business. A man's
gotta earn a living, you know?"
"Life's full of mysteries. Consider this one of them."
"What do you want, you moon-faced assassin of joy!?"
"You still haven't told me when the commander is due back."
"The last time I gave an interview they told me to just relax and say
what I really felt. Ten minutes after the broadcast I got transferred
to an outpost so far off the starmaps you couldn't find it with a
hunting dog and an ouiji board."
"In the last five years, I've seen things off-world you can't even
imagine. I've stood in the Abendi desert and watched all seven moons go
into eclipse. I've walked in vaults that have been sealed longer than
there's been a human race, breathing air that's five million years old.
You call that a shortcut, if you will, but I've lived. By God, Stephen,
I have lived."
"You forgot the first rule of a fanatic. When you become obsessed with
the enemy, you become the enemy."
"No. We have to stay here and there's a simple reason why. Ask ten
different scientists about the environment, population control,
genetics and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing
every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a
hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our
Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take
us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe and Lao-Tzu and Einstein and Morobuto and
Buddy Holly and Aristophenes .. and all of this .. all of this was for
nothing unless we go to the stars."
"Are you Ambassador G'Kar?"
"Do you know what the last Xon said just before he died? [Clutches
heart] AAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH!!!"
"Did I ever tell you [Delenn] that you are very cute for a Minbari?
Even you [Garibaldi] are cute, in an annoying sort of way. Everybody's
cute! Everybody's cute! Even me. But in purple.. I'm stunning!"
[collapses]
"Ah! He has become one with his inner self!"
"I cannot have an aide who will not look up. You will be forever
walking into things."
"Will you follow me into fire, into storm, into darkness, into death?
And the nine said: 'yes.' Then do this in testimony to the one who will
follow, will bring death couched into promise of new life, and renewal
disguised as defeat. .. From birth, through death and renewal, you must
put aside old things, old fears, old lives. This is your death, the
death of flesh, the death of pain, the death of yesterday. Taste of it
and be not afraid, for I am with you to the end of time. .. Taste of
it. .. And so it begins."
"With luck, they may never find you, but if they do, you will know
pain.." "..and you will know fear.." "..and then you will die. Have a
pleasant flight!"
"Let me pass on to you the one thing I've learned about this place. No
one here is exactly what he appears. Not Mollari, not Delenn, not
Sinclair .. and not me."
"Anatomically impossible, Mr. Garibaldi, but you're welcome to try ..
anytime .. anywhere."
"We had our orders."
"Good ol' Psi Corps. You guys never cease to amaze me! All the moral
fiber of Jack the Ripper. What do you do in your spare time? Juggle
babies over a fire pit? Oops, there goes another calculated risk!"
"Just one question. Why?"
"Narns, Humans, Centauri .. we all do what we do for the same reason:
because it seems like a good idea at the time."
"There are things in the Universe billions of years older than either
of our races. They are vast, timeless, and if they are aware of us at
all, it is as little more than ants and we have as much chance of
communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know. We've tried and
we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped
on.
"You're a vicious man."
"Love? Pah. Overrated. Here, look, these are my three wives:
Pestilence, Famine and Death. Do you think I married them for their
personalities? Their personalities could shatter entire planets!
Arranged marriages, every one, but they worked out. They inspired me.
Knowing that they were waiting at home for me is what keeps me here --
75 lights years away."
"I would expect such logic from a poet."
"Everyone lies, Michael. The innocent lie because they don't want to be
blamed for something they didn't do and the guilty lie because they
don't have any other choice."
"That's when the Council first learned she was with them. Of course we
could not reveal it then. And like all secrets long kept, we cannot
bear the shame of admitting it now."
"Vakar Ashok, our gun arrays are now fixed on your ship and will fire
the instant you come into range. You will find their power quite
impressive.. for a few seconds."
"Ambassador Kosh has been a busy boy today."
"Just how much justice can you afford?"
"'Sure' is for people with nothing on the line. You and me, we just get
on with it."
"What makes a religion false? If any religion is right, then maybe they
all have to be right. Maybe God doesn't care how you say your prayers,
just as long as you say them."
"I demand you open a channel to Earth at once!"
"Ilaros?"
"The universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements:
energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest."
"We all believe in something greater than ourselves, even if it's
just the blind forces of chance."
"The gift of time. The gift of life. The gift of wisdom. The gift of
light. For these things we are thankful. For these things we pray."
"Good morning. The time is o-four-thirty Earth-standard, Wednesday,
August third, 2258. Personal log shows no outstanding appointments.
Shall I download station-logs for past six hours?" "Sleep well?"
"Ambassador, I was authorized to speak to you--"
"All right. Fine. You really want to know what I want? You really want
to know the truth? I want my people to reclaim their rightful place in
the galaxy. I want to see the Centauri stretch forth their hand again
and command the stars. I want a rebirth of glory, a renaissance of
power. I want to stop running through my life like a man late for an
appointment, afraid to look back or to look forward. I want us to be
what we used to be! I want .. I want it all back, the way that it was.
Does that answer your question?" [leaves] ".. Yes. Yes it does." [to
himself]
"The future is always changing. We create the future: with our words,
our deeds and with our beliefs. This is a possible future, Commander,
and it is my hope that you may yet avoid it."
"What did you say this was again?"
"So, how are things back home?"
"May I return to my post?"
"They say food digests better if you chew it first."
"Make me a happy man. Let me clean out down-below. If I put all my
teams out, I can wipe 9/10 of the crime rate in one sweep." "There are two castes of Minbari. The warrior caste and the religious
caste. The warrior caste would not understand. It is not their way."
"These two sides of your culture, do they ever agree on anything?"
"You think he's genuine."
"Are you sure it's dead?"
"When they are about to attack they get quiet, so the key is: as
long as you can hear them, as long as there is noise around, you're
safe. But if you ever hear nothing, .. worry."
"If I knew who God was, I would thank her."
"We are on a peaceful mission, Commander."
"There is nothing more annoying than Mr. Garibaldi when he's right."
"Branmer's life was more significant than his battles. Let the warrior
caste praise his courage in the war, and let the rest praise him for
what he truly was: a man of peace." "Problem with the transfer tube?"
"I would suggest that there is a difference between being unreasonable
and being angry. Ambassador G'Kar is angry most of the time, but even
the greatest anger fades with time." "And just one more thing. On your trip back I'd like you to take the
time to learn the Babylon 5 mantra: 'Ivanova is always right. I will
listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova
is God. And if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip
your lungs out!!' Babylon Control out. .. Civilians! [Looks up] I was
just kidding about the God part -- no offense."
"Ah, Mr. Garibaldi, off-duty I see. Water, fascinating! I never
touch the stuff myself."
"Now, I go to spread happiness to the rest of the station. It's a
terrible responsibility but I have learned to live with it."
"I know, I know. It's a Russian thing. When we're about to do
something stupid, we like to catalog the full extent of our stupidity
for future reference."
About Captain Ellis Pierce: "Worst case of testosterone poisoning I have ever seen."
"Now, landing thrusters.. landing thrusters, hmm. Now if I were a
landing thruster, which one of these would I be?"
"You're so serious all the time! Not every conversation has to be the
end of the world as we know it!"
"How much longer?"
"Summoned, I come. In Valen's name I take the place that has been
prepared for me. I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star. We
are Grey. We stand between the darkness .. and the light."
"Prophecy will attend to itself."
"Much apologizing. Mathematics not Zathras' skill."
"Zathras not of this time. You take, Zathras die. You leave, Zathras
die. Either way, it is bad for Zathras."
"These are curious times, Delenn. I feel a great change in my bones. A
new beginning, an end, I can not say. We are surrounded by signs and
portents. And I feel a darkness pressing on our backs. If ever you have
needed me, I am here. Now, Valen go with you and light your way."
"I hardly know anything about you."
"Next! We start by removing your clothes."
"Here, my friend, here you will see the heart and soul of Babylon 5.
Also its spleen, its kidneys, a veritable parade of internal organs.
Sit. Sit."
"I'm still waiting for an explanation, gentlemen."
"Vir, how many gods are there in our pantheon? I've lost count since
the last emperor was elevated to godhood. "There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that
what you see is all that you'll ever be. Then you accept it .. or you
kill yourself. Or you stop looking into mirrors."
"Just that I've had this feeling lately. That we are standing at a
crossroads, and I don't like where we're going. But there's still time
to choose another path. You can be part of that process, G'Kar. Choose
wisely. Not just for the Centauri but for the good of your own people
as well." "So, what's the occasion?"
"And so it begins. You have forgotten something."
"And one more thing. Tell the commander .. he was right. We were at a
crossroads, and there is no going back. Expect me .. when you see me."
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