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     "I was there at the dawn of the Third Age of Mankind.  It began in
the year 2257 with the founding of the last of the Babylon stations,
located deep in neutral space.
     "It was a port of call for refugees, smugglers, businessmen, diplomats
and travelers from a hundred worlds.  It could be a dangerous place, but
we accepted the risk because Babylon 5 was our last, best hope for peace.
Under the leadership of it final commander, Babylon 5 was a dream given
form, a dream of a galaxy without war, when species from different worlds
could live side-by-side in mutual respect, a dream that was endangered as
never before by the arrival of one man on a mission of destruction.
     "Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations.  This is its story."
  -- Ambassador Londo Mollari's opening narrative, "The Gathering"
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"There is a hole...in your mind."
  -- The Assassin (to Sinclair), "The Gathering"
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"If it makes you feel any better, I can send them a fruit basket."
  -- LCdr. Laurel Takeshima (to G'Kar), "The Gathering"
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"Sooner or later, everyone comes to Babylon 5."
  -- Sinclair, "The Gathering"
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"On my world, there are books, thousands of pages, about the power of one
  mind to change the Universe."
  -- Ambassador Delenn (to Sinclair), "The Gathering"
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"If anyone asks, say it fell from the sky."
  -- Delenn to Sinclair (re: Vorlon files), "The Gathering"
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"You're a security chief.  Shouldn't you be out securing something?"
  -- Londo to Garibaldi, "The Gathering"
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"Would you prefer to be conscious or unconscious during the mating?  I would
  prefer conscious, but I don't know what your...pleasure threshold is."
  -- Ambassador G'Kar to Lyta Alexander, "The Gathering"
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"Even for an alien, this one is pretty alien."
  -- Dr. Kyle (about Vorlon Ambassador Kosh), "The Gathering"
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"Can you imagine what we could achieve together?"
'I can, which is why it must never be allowed to happen.'
  -- G'Kar and Delenn, "The Gathering"
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"I suppose there'll be a war now, hmm?  All that running around and
  shooting one another.  You would have thought sooner or later it would
  go out of fashion."
  -- Ambassador Londo Mollari, "The Gathering"
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"Nice shark...pretty shark..."
  -- Londo, "The Gathering"
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"My god, man.  We've become a tourist attraction.  See the great Centauri
  Republic -- open 9 to 5, Earth time."
  -- Londo, "The Gathering"
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"That's not fair."
'No, it's not, but that's what we're stuck with.'
  -- Lyta Alexander and Dr. Kyle, "The Gathering"
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"I would never tell you anything that was not in your best interest."
  -- Delenn (to Sinclair), "The Gathering"
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"The sky was full of stars and every star an exploding ship -- one of ours."
  -- Sinclair (about the Line), "The Gathering"
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"Commander, this little breach of security isn't going to affect my
  Christmas bonus, is it?"
  -- Garibaldi, "The Gathering"
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"A poem: a story in meter or rhyme."
'Ahh.  "There once was a man from Nantucket..."'
"You've been talking to Garibaldi again, haven't you?"
  -- Delenn and Sinclair, "The Gathering"
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"I don't trust telepaths.  Never have; never will."
  -- Garibaldi, "The Gathering"
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"This is Lieutenant Commander Laurel Takeshima.  Our docking bays stand
  ready to receive you.  Babylon 5 is open for business."
  -- Takeshima, "The Gathering"
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"Do you not have files on the Vorlons?"
'Absolutely.  Very large files.  There's nothing in them, of course."
  -- Delenn and Sinclair, "The Gathering"
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     "It was the Dawn of the Third Age of Mankind, ten years after the
Earth-Minbari War.  The Babylon Project was a dream given form.  Its goal:
to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could
work out their differences peacefully.  It's a port of call, home away
from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs and wanderers.  Humans
and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning
metal...all alone in the night.  It can be a dangerous place, but it's our
last, best hope for peace.
     "This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations.  The year is
2258.  The name of the place...is Babylon 5."
  -- Commander Jeffrey Sinclair's opening narrative, Season One
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"They are alone.  They are a dying people.  We should let them pass."
'Who?  The Narn or the Centauri?'
"Yes."
  -- Kosh and Sinclair, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"Your time has come and gone.  It's our turn now!"
  -- G'Kar (to Londo), "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"The Council can go to hell.  The emergency session can go to hell.  And
  you, you can go to hell too.  I wouldn't want you to feel left out!"
  -- Londo (to Vir), "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"Blood calls out for blood."
  -- Londo, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"...then if you'll excuse me, I'm in the middle of 15 things -- all of
  them annoying."
  -- Ivanova, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"So, who are you going to vote for?"
'I think I will vote for Marie Crane.  I do not like Santiago.  I believe
  a leader should have a firm chin.  He has no chin and his vice-president
  has several.  This, to me, is not a good combination.'
  -- Sinclair and Ivanova, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"Would you really have killed *me*?"
'Yes.  Yes, I would have, but I'm just as glad I didn't have to.  The
  paperwork's a pain in the butt.'
  -- Londo and Garibaldi, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"My brain will be five days dead before I trust a Centauri."
  -- Garibaldi (to Londo), "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"The sneak attack is the first act of a coward."
  -- Sinclair, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"The Earth Alliance can't go around being the galaxy's policemen."
  -- The Senator, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"Commander, there's a problem."
  -- LCdr. Susan Ivanova, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"Had the silly thing in reverse."
  -- Duck Dodgers, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"We are a race of lunatics and cowards."
  -- Londo, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"Well, unlike me, the Lieutenant Commander takes a while to warm up to
  people, especially when she's working."
  -- Garibaldi (about Ivanova), "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"I will confess that I look forward to the day when we have cleansed the
  Universe of the Centauri and carved their bones into little flutes for
  Narn children.  It is a dream I have."
  -- G'Kar, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"My father always told me:  The best way to understand someone is to fight
  him, make him angry.  That's when you see the real person."
  -- Sinclair, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"We'll strike back and we'll strike back hard!"
  -- Londo, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"The wheel turns, does it not, Ambassador?"
  -- G'Kar (to Londo), "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"On the subject of galactic peace, I am long past innocence and fast
  approaching apathy.  It's all a game -- a paper fantasy of names and
  borders."
  -- Londo, "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"What happened?  Run out of small children to butcher?"
  -- G'Kar (to Londo), "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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"Send it away, while you still can."
  -- Delenn, "Soul Hunter"
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"We are not thieves.  We are preservers.  We act only for the greater good."
  -- Soul Hunter #1 (to Sinclair), "Soul Hunter"
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"I hate it when you get heroic.  It cuts into my business.  A man's gotta
  earn a living, you know?"
  -- Garibaldi (to Sinclair), "Soul Hunter"
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"You would plan such a thing?  You would *do* such a thing?"
  -- Soul Hunter #1 (to Delenn), "Soul Hunter"
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"They're using you.  They're using you!"
  -- Soul Hunter #1 to Sinclair (re: the Minbari), "Soul Hunter"
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"It's all so brief, isn't it?  Typical human lifespan is almost a hundred
  years, but it's barely a second compared to what's out there.  It wouldn't
  be so bad if life didn't take so long to figure out.  Seems you just get
  it right and then...it's over."
'Doesn't matter.  If we lived two hundred years, we'd still be human.
   We'd still make the same mistakes.'
  -- Dr. Franklin and LCdr. Ivanova, "Soul Hunter"
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"You're a pessimist."
'I am *Russian*, Doctor.  We know about these things."
  -- Dr. Franklin and LCdr. Ivanova, "Soul Hunter"
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"This is not a clear and present danger?  I *must* read the rulebook again."
  -- LCdr. Susan Ivanova, "Soul Hunter"
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"We were right about you."
  -- Delenn (to Sinclair), "Soul Hunter"
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"What is one of the great leaders of the Minbari doing here playing
  ambassador?"
  -- Soul Hunter #1 (to Delenn), "Soul Hunter"
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"Minbari: pale, bloodless.  Look in their eyes and see nothing but mirrors,
  infinities of reflection."
  -- Soul Hunter #1, "Soul Hunter"
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"Minbari: jealous, selfish, private.  We have saved only a few.  Very rare.
  Rarest of all: their leader, Dukaht.  Dying: your fault.  Your war.  The
  pinnacle of Minbari evolution.  We came -- I, others.  They made a wall
  of bodies to stop us.  He died and his dreams, his idea...all that he
  was, all that he could ever be...gone, wasted.  Jealous.  Gone.  Gone."
  -- Soul Hunter #1, "Soul Hunter"
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"And Vir -- don't give away the homeworld."
  -- Londo, "Born to the Purple"
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"Just don't give away the homeworld."
  -- G'Kar (to Ko'Dath), "Born to the Purple"
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"You know, sometimes I almost feel sorry for G'Kar."
  -- Londo, "Born to the Purple"
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"Gentlemen, of all things in life, are females not the finest?"
'On that, Mollari, we can at least agree.'
  -- Londo and G'Kar, "Born to the Purple"
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"And after spending a day dealing with Ambassador G'Kar, I long to sink
  my teeth into something..."
  -- Londo, "Born to the Purple"
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"Keep them talking.  I'm going to find Londo and bring him here."
'What if he refuses?'
"Then I hurt him."
  -- Cdr. Sinclair and Talia Winters, "Born to the Purple"
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"I'll even seal it with a kiss."
'That should make G'Kar's day.'
  -- Londo and Sinclair, "Born to the Purple"
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"The gratitude of the Narn is well known throughout the galaxy."
  -- G'Kar, "Born to the Purple"
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"I never knew you could be so devious, Commander."
'Coming from you, Ambassador, that's a real compliment.'
  -- G'Kar and Sinclair, "Born to the Purple"
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"Stephen?  Stephen, there's a Martian war machine parked outside.  They'd
  like to have a word with you about the common cold."
  -- Vance Hendricks (to Dr. Franklin), "Infection"
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"In the last five years, I've seen things off-world you can't 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*."
  -- Vance Hendricks, "Infection"
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"Don't.  You're too young to experience that much pain."
  -- Susan Ivanova to ISN reporter Mary Ann Cramer, "Infection"
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"Win, lose or draw, this thing's going to know it was in a fight."
  -- Garibaldi, "Infection"
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"Savor the mystery, Stephen.  We don't get nearly enough of them."
  -- Vance Hendricks (to Dr. Franklin), "Infection"
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"Nothing in his personnel jacket to suggest a heart condition..."
'Yes, and exactly which medical school did you attend, Mr. Garibaldi?'
  -- Garibaldi and Dr. Franklin, "Infection"
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"This is a blueprint for living machines.  The Vorlons have one.  Some
  people even say the Minbari have them.  We haven't seen enough of them
  up close to figure out how they work."
  -- Vance Hendricks, "Infection"
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"What's the worst that could happen?  They fire you, ship you off to the
  Rim and promote me to Commander.  I don't see a problem here."
  -- Garibaldi (to Sinclair), "Infection"
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"Is it worth it?  Should we just pull back, forget the whole thing as a
  bad idea and take care of our own problems at home?"
'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.'
  -- Mary Ann Cramer interviews Cdr. Sinclair, "Infection"
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"I don't care if you're the Easter bunny.  You're not bringing this
  [knife] on the station."
  -- Garibaldi to an alien pilgrim, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"Oh, come on, Commander!  Loosen up!"
  -- Londo, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"I'm thinking of thinking of calling her right after my afternoon nap.
 I'm thinking of thinking of sending her flowers right after Bonnie gets back.
 So many fishes left in the sea.
 So many fishies, but no one for meeeee...
 I'm thinking of thinking of hooking a love soon after supper is done."
  -- G'Kar's song, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"Gods by the bushel!  Gods by the pound!  Gods for all occasions!"
  -- Londo, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"In a world where every day is a struggle, you need all the gods you can get."
  -- Londo, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"Ambassador, it is not my place to speculate on how *anything* gets in
  your bed."
  -- Na'Toth (to G'Kar), "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"I don't mean to alarm you, but your pants are talking to you."
'I know.  I was just, uh...'
"Yes, you're a very busy man.  Well, I'll let you and your pants get back
  to business and I'll get back to mine."
  -- Catherine Sakai and Jeffrey Sinclair, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"What would you say if I told you that Councillor Du'Rog had hired someone
  to kill me?  Someone close to me?"
'Ambassador, with all due respect, if it *were* me, you wouldn't be here
  for us to have this conversation.'
  -- G'Kar and Na'Toth, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"Do you know what the last Xon said before he died?"  (Clutches heart)
  "AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
  -- Londo, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"I fight my own battles!"
  -- G'Kar, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"Don't touch me unless you mean it!"
  -- Catherine Sakai, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"That hurt."
'Ambassador, it was the only way to disable to pain-givers.  I had to hit
  them as hard as possible, as often as possible and still make it appear
  that I was beating you into another incarnation.'
"And you didn't enjoy it in the least."
'I didn't say that.'
  -- G'Kar and Na'Toth, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"See you next Wednesday."
  -- Cdr. Jeffrey Sinclair, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"I can not have an aide who will not look up.  You will be forever walking
  into things."
  -- Delenn (to Lennier), "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"Taste of it and be not afraid, for I am with you until the end of time.
  Taste of it."  (Sinclair finally does.)  "And so it begins..."
  -- Delenn (to Sinclair?), "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"And just let me say, Ambassador, from the bottom of my heart:  Hot pink
  is *definitely* your color."
  -- Garibaldi (to G'Kar), "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"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."
  -- G'Kar and Na'Toth to Tu'Pari, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"He has become one with his inner self!"
'He passed out.'
"That too."
  -- Vir and Garibaldi (re: Londo), "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"Oh, it's a rebirth ceremony, all right.  It also doubles as a marriage
  ceremony.  Depending on how seriously anyone took it, somebody got
  married the other day."
'Maybe that's why G'Kar was smiling.  Funny.  I didn't think Londo was
  his type.'
  -- Sakai and Sinclair, "The Parliament of Dreams"
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"Anatomically impossible, Mr. Garibaldi, but you're welcome to try...
  ...anytime...anywhere."
  -- Psi Cop Bester, "Mind War"
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"Get out of my head."
  -- Sinclair (to Bester), "Mind War"
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"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."
  -- G'Kar (to Sakai), "Mind War"
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"That's a lie."
'Yes, it is.  What's your point?'
  -- Bester and Sinclair, "Mind War"
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"Narns, Centauri, humans...we all do what we do for the same reason:
  because it seems like a good idea at the time."
  -- G'Kar (to Sakai), "Mind War"
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"They are a mystery and I am both terrified and reassured that there are
  still wonders in the Universe, that we have not explained everything."
  -- G'Kar, "Mind War"
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"Whatever they are, Miss Sakai, they walk near Sigma 957 and they must
  walk there alone."
  -- G'Kar, "Mind War"
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"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."
  -- G'Kar, "Mind War"
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"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!"
  -- Ivanova (to the Psi Cops), "Mind War"
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"You're not helping the situation."
'Lady, you *are* the situation.'
  -- Psi Cop Kelsey and Ivanova, "Mind War"
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"There are rules and there are *rules*, Commander."
  -- Psi Cop Kelsey (to Sinclair), "Mind War"
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"The Psi Corps is dedicated to one thing, Commander: control.  Control over
  telepaths, the economy, the courts, over matter, over thought itself."
  -- Jason Ironheart (to Sinclair), "Mind War"
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"We each have our marching orders, Miss Sakai."
  -- Businessman, "Mind War"
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"We had our orders."
'I don't care if you had a personal message from God complete with stone
  tablets.  You lied to me.'
  -- Bester and Sinclair, "Mind War"
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"Since we bear a greater responsibility, we are afforded greater latitude,
  in the interests of efficiency."
  -- Psi Cop Bester, "Mind War"
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"You're a vicious man."
'I'm Head of Security.  It's in the job description.'
  -- Ivanova and Garibaldi, "The War Prayer"
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"Love?  What does love have to do with marriage?!?"
  -- Londo (to Kiron and Aria), "The War Prayer"
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"Love?  Pah.  Overrated.  Here, 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
  are waiting at home for me is what keeps me here -- 75 lights years away."
  -- Londo (to Vir), "The War Prayer"
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"So much for Babylon 5's highly vaunted justice."
  -- G'Kar, "The War Prayer"
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"My shoes are too tight and I have forgotten how to dance."
  -- Londo, "The War Prayer"
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"Human ways are often unfathomable, but in time, one learns to live with
  them."
'If one has an exceedingly strong constitution.'
  -- Delenn (to Mayan) and G'Kar, "The War Prayer"
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"We take no interest in the affairs of others."
  -- Ambassador Kosh, "The War Prayer"
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"That's quite a viewer.  I've never seen anything quite like it before.
  What is it?"
'Efficient.'
  -- Sinclair and Kosh, "The War Prayer"
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"There was a time, Mr. Garibaldi, when one could walk through Green Sector
  without need of escort."
  -- Ambassador Delenn, "The War Prayer"
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"I assure you, we're doing everything we can to correct that, Ambassador."
'Then you are required to do better, Commander.  *Much* better.'
  -- Delenn and Sinclair, "The War Prayer"
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"I could strangle that damn G'Kar."
  -- Sinclair, "The War Prayer"
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"I would expect such logic from a poet."
  -- Londo (to Shaal Mayan), "The War Prayer"
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"We won because the damn Minbari *let* us win."
  -- Sinclair, "The War Prayer"
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"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."
  -- Sinclair, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"Mister Garibaldi, there're days I'm very glad I don't have to think
  like you do."
  -- Ivanova, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"Curious.  We have the memories of your entire life to play with, but
  your thoughts are rooted here in this station.  It means a lot to you,
  doesn't it?"
  -- Knight Two, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"There's something in my head.  It says maybe you're still inside.  Maybe
  we're both still inside."
  -- Knight Two, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"He must never know what happened.  If he should ever find out, he must
  be killed.  Do you understand, Delenn?"
  -- Grey Council #1 (re: Sinclair), "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"When I saw those ships, I didn't just see my death.  I saw the death of
  the whole damn human race."
  -- Sinclair, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"Smart money said you'd make admiral one day.  So what happened, *Commander*?
  Where did you fall off the merry-go-round?"
  -- Knight Two, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"Not like this.  Not like this!  If I'm going out, I'm taking you bastards
  with me!"
  -- Sinclair (on the Line), "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"Stay in formation.  Hold the Line.  No one gets through -- no matter what."
  -- Sinclair (on the Line), "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"Nobody wants to die, especially not out there in the cold of space, so you
  surrendered.  They took you aboard their ship, fixed you some milk and
  cookies and asked you to work for them, be their eyes, their ears, their
  voice.  You agreed -- you and god knows how many other people."
  -- Knight Two, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"Maybe you're asleep.  Maybe you're insane.  Maybe you're dead.  Maybe
  you're in Hell!  Not that it matters much, Commander Sinclair, because
  wherever you are, wherever you go, you're mine."
  -- Knight Two, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"My ship was damaged.  I blacked out."
'So you testified.  Just one problem:  I don't believe you...and I'm not
  the only one."
  -- Sinclair and Knight Two, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"The war was over!  The Minbari had surrendered on the eve of their victory.
  They gave up, just like that.  And you expect us to believe that you
  slept through the whole thing?  Your ship was off the screen for twenty-
  four hours!  You didn't just black out.  Your ship disappeared."
  -- Knight Two, "And the Sky Full of Stars"
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"Understanding is a three-edged sword."
  -- Ambassador Kosh, "Deathwalker"
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"They say God works in mysterious ways."
'Maybe so, but he's a con man compared to the Vorlon.'
  -- Sinclair and Garibaldi, "Deathwalker"
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"I think I may be having a problem with Ambassador Kosh."
  -- Talia Winters' understatement, "Deathwalker"
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"You are not ready for immortality."
  -- Ambassador Kosh, "Deathwalker"
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"A herring is just a herring, but a good cigar is a Cuban."
'A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles.'
  -- Abbut and Ambassador Kosh, "Deathwalker"
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"The Wind Swords said you were sentimental...a fatal flaw in a warrior."
  -- Jha'dur (to Sinclair), "Deathwalker"
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"What is need compared to the path?"
  -- Ambassador Kosh, "Deathwalker"
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"You know the way of command.  Yes, the Wind Swords are right to fear you."
  -- Jha'dur (to Sinclair), "Deathwalker"
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"They speak of you often, Sinclair.  They say you have a hole in your mind."
  -- Jha'dur (re: the Wind Swords), "Deathwalker"
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"The willows must scuttle carefully."
'Does Saturn have rings?'
  -- Kosh and Abbut, "Deathwalker"
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"I will take it from her when I eat her flesh!"
  -- Na'Toth (re: Jha'dur), "Deathwalker"
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"Ah.  Rest is good...and so is a nice lean pastrami with just a little
  mustard and an Antarean pickle!"
  -- Abbut, "Deathwalker"
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"Ah.  You seek meaning."
'Yes.'
"Then listen to the music, not the song."
  -- Kosh and Talia, "Deathwalker"
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"Commander!  Commander, is it true?"
'Is what true?'
"They say you have Deathwalker in custody."
'You should know better than to listen to rumors, Ambassador.'
  -- Londo and Sinclair, "Deathwalker"
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"What the hell are you doing, Jeff?"
'Following orders.'
  -- Garibaldi and Sinclair, "Deathwalker"
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"Well, I've managed to get the ship captains engaged in a debate over who
  has the best claim to Jha'dur.  The winner will be the first to attack."
  -- Ivanova, "Deathwalker"
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"Well.  All's well that end's well, huh?"
  -- Londo Mollari, "Deathwalker"
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"You think it'll always be like this, Michael?  Little powers at the mercy
  of bigger powers, politics before morality, expediency before justice?"
'Seems to work for everybody...except you.  Maybe that's why I like you.'
  -- Sinclair and Garibaldi, "Deathwalker"
%
"What is he?  And what was on that data crystal he gave you?"
'Reflection, surprise, terror...for the future.'
  -- Talia (re: Abbut) and Kosh, "Deathwalker"
%
"The avalanche has already started.  It is too late for the pebbles to vote."
  -- Ambassador Kosh, "Believers"
%
"Unfortunately, we *are* on a budget here."
  -- Londo, "Believers"
%
"Just how much justice can you afford?"
  -- Londo, "Believers"
%
"'In my opinion, the presence of pfingle eggs aboard this station might
  present a serious hazard.'"
'Thanks, I owe you.'
"Import another steak."
'I don't owe you *that* much.'
  -- Garibaldi and Sinclair, "Believers"
%
"Operating on Kosh was the camel's nose in the tent.  Operating on Shon
  will be the rest of the camel."
  -- Sinclair, "Believers"
%
"I'm waiting...for an apology."
'You'd better check the temperature in Hell first.'
  -- Dr. Franklin and Sinclair, "Believers"
%
"No one knows what is written in the stream until the water surrounds him."
  -- M'ola, "Believers"
%
"I am never wrong about these things."
  -- Dr. Franklin, "Believers"
%
"Who asked you to play God?"
'Every damn patient who comes through that door, that's who!  People come to
  doctors because they want us to be gods.  They want us to make it better..
  ..or make it not so.  They want to be healed and they come to me when
  their prayers aren't enough.  Well, if I have to take the responsibility,
  then I claim the authority too.'
  -- Sinclair and Dr. Franklin, "Believers"
%
"What kind of a God do you worship?"
  -- Dr. Hernandez, "Believers"
%
"It is not much of a choice, is it?"
  -- M'ola, "Believers"
%
"There are more important things in life than the next breath."
  -- Tharg, "Believers"
%
"Is Garibaldi available?"
'I suppose...'
"What?"
'Nothing.  I certainly have plenty of things to occupy myself here.  Yes,
  sir.  I think I'll just walk to and fro for awhile.  Maybe over to my
  console.  After that, maybe I'll try pacing fro and to, just for the
  kick of it.  Oh, then there's the view, of course.  Granted, it's not
  quite the same as if you're outside...for someone that's got over a
  hundred hours of combat flying experience."
"If you'd rather..."
'No no no, that's okay.  That's fine.  Don't worry about me.  I'm just
  going to sit here and knit something.  Maybe a nice sweater...some
  socks...  Does the term "stir crazy" ring a bell, Commander?'
"I have an idea, Lieutenant Commander.  Why don't *you* take out the
  fighter wing and escort the _Asimov_ back to base?"
'Well, if you insist, sir.'
  -- Sinclair and Ivanova, "Believers"
%
"We are the Children of Time.  We can not break our covenant any more
  than you could cease to be the descendant of egg-sucking mammaloids."
  -- Tharg (to Dr. Franklin), "Believers"
%
"Sometimes you have to heal the family before you heal the patient."
  -- Dr. Franklin, "Believers"
%
"What were you thinking when you petitioned us?"
'We thought your dislike of the Earthers would be enough.'
"Enough for us.  Not for you.  We do not casually entangle ourselves in
  the affairs of other species."
  -- G'Kar and Tharg, "Believers"
%
"We Minbari have our own relationship with the larger domains of the
  Universe.  Matters of the soul are very private, very personal to us.
  We have suffered the interference of others in this area and are thus
  ourselves forbidden to intervene in matters such as this."
  -- Ambassador Delenn, "Believers"
%
"I'm trying to tell you that what makes us human is that we care and
  because we care, we never stop trying."
'No, what makes us human is that we have so many different ways to hurt.'
  -- Sinclair and Franklin, "Believers"
%
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements:
  energy, matter and enlightened self-interest."
  -- G'Kar, "Survivors"
%
"Mr. Garibaldi, do you really think I would do such a thing to you, my
  good and dear friend?"
'In a minute.'
"You're right, but I didn't..."
  -- Londo and Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"You're out of uniform.  Very dapper."
  -- Londo (to Garibaldi), "Survivors"
%
"You are police."
'Not any more.  I'm a fugitive.  Don't tell me you haven't heard?'
"Have heard.  You are *still* police."
  -- N'Grath and Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"You're more trouble than a toilet full of snakes, but I couldn't run
  this station without you."
'Commander, I sense a huge pay raise coming my way.'
(laughs) "Dream on."
  -- Sinclair and Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"How you feeling?"
'Like I just made love to a meteor shower.'
  -- Sinclair and Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"...and then she said to me, 'If I could do that, I wouldn't need an
  encounter suit.'"
  -- Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"Welcome to Babylon 5, Mr. President.  You're cleared for immediate
  docking."
  -- Cdr. Jeffrey Sinclair, "Survivors"
%
"Michael, you can't do it alone."
'If I have to, I'll die trying.'
  -- Sinclair and Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"Drunk again, Uncle Mike?"
  -- Lianna Kemmer, "Survivors"
%
"Then you're ruling out sabotage."
'I *never* rule out sabotage.'
  -- Sinclair and Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"What, does something about this surprise you, Mr. Garibaldi?"
'*Nothing* the government does surprises me.'
"That's a very Russian attitude.  I commend you."
  -- Ivanova and Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"Who would have thought it?  *You* borrowing money from *me*.  Luckily,
  Elaros has smiled on me recently."
'Elaros?'
"Goddess of luck, patron of gamblers.  She and I have had a long and
  rather dubious relationship."
  -- Londo and Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"You're all right, Londo."
  -- Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"I'm a Lieutenant Commander in Earth Force, Major.  I do not take demands.
  If you have a request, I'll consider it."
'All right then, I *request* that you open a channel to Earth Dome.'
"Request denied.  Have a nice day."
  -- Ivanova and Kemmer, "Survivors"
%
"Oh, my people watch him, his people watch me.  We *all* watch one
  another here, Mr. Garibaldi."
  -- G'Kar (re: Londo), "Survivors"
%
"I didn't know you cared."
'Personally, I don't.'
  -- Garibaldi and G'Kar, "Survivors"
%
"What would you say if I told you that a ship stands ready to spirit you
   off to Narn space?"
'I'd say...why?'
  -- Garibaldi and G'Kar, "Survivors"
%
"Don't do this, Jeff."
  -- Garibaldi (re: the suspension), "Survivors"
%
"Cdr. Sinclair, have you seen the proposed seating chart for your
  President's banquet?"
'Not now, Ambassador.'
"But the entire Narn delegation has been seated next to the Vrii!  An
  intolerable situation.  Have you ever seen them eat?  Oh!  That's
  horror for you."
  -- G'Kar and Sinclair, "Survivors"
%
"Oh, give me a break, will you?"
  -- Garibaldi, "Survivors"
%
"Are you nuts?"
  -- Garibaldi, "Survivors" and "TKO"
%
"Lt. Cdr. Ivanova, escort Major Kemmer off the Observation Dome."
'With pleasure.'  (takes Kemmers arm)  'You will resist, I hope.'
  -- Sinclair and Ivanova, "Survivors"
%
"Station One, commence Level 6 maintenance check on all off-station
  communications channels."
'Lieutenant Commander, that will tie up communications for hours.'
"Yes, I believe it will."
  -- Ivanova and Tech #1, "Survivors"
%
"Why does the Universe hate me?"
  -- G'kar, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Commander, we've got a problem."
'Surprise, surprise.'
  -- Ivanova and Sinclair, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"You should never hand someone a gun unless you're sure where they'll
  point it.  Your mistake."
  -- Sinclair (to Orin Zento), "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Gentlemen, I've been up almost two days straight with no sleep.  This
  makes me a very cranky man."
'Yes, we've noticed.  Have you considered meditation?'
  -- Sinclair and Londo, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"50,000 commercial credits, in cash, in advance."
'This is an outrage!'
"Of course, it's an outrage.  The question is, how important is your
  religious ceremony to you?"
  -- Londo and G'Kar, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Commander, you are a far more spiritual man than I gave you credit for."
'There are a couple of Jesuit teachers I know who might disagree with you.'
  -- G'Kar and Sinclair, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Orin Zento has powerful friends.  By embarrassing him, you embarrassed
  them.  Today, you have made new enemies.  If I were you, Commander, I
  would watch things very carefully.  You are not the most popular person
  in government circles right now."
'So what else is new?'
  -- Sen. Hidoshi and Cdr. Sinclair, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"We have a right to defend ourselves, Neeoma."
'But not with violence.'
"Begging your pardon, Commander, but if someone's pushed you, wouldn't you
  push back?"
  -- Eduardo Delvientos and Jeffrey Sinclair, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"You know I would do anything for you, my good friend Commander Sinclair,
  but not *this*."
  -- Londo (re: the G'Quan'eth plant), "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"You're not a follower of G'Quan, are you, Na'Toth?"
'My father was a disciple of G'Lon.  My mother didn't believe in much of
  anything.'
"And what do you believe in?"
'Myself, Ambassador.'
  -- G'Kar and Na'Toth, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Chance favors the warrior."
  -- Na'Toth, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"One thing hasn't changed:  workers always get shafted."
  -- Eduardo Delvientos, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"This is going to play havoc with our schedule."
  -- Sinclair, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Things are changing on Earth and not all for the best."
  -- Sinclair, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"So, what did I miss?"
  -- Garibaldi, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Political realities sometimes take precedence over good intentions."
  -- Sen. Hidoshi, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"The Narns.  Bleah.  They're a barbaric people.  They're all pagans,
  still worshipping their sun."
  -- Londo, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Would you at least consider it?"
'No.'
  -- Sinclair and Londo, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"If there is anything I can do to be of assistance, you will let me know, yes?"
'No.'
  -- Londo and G'Kar, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"I'm glad they see it my way."
'They do not, but public opinion is on your side.'
"I see."
  -- Cdr. Sinclair and Sen. Hidoshi, "By Any Means Necessary"
%
"Sleeping is not the problem.  Waking up -- that is a problem."
  -- LCdr. Susan Ivanova, "Signs and Portents"
%
"I've always had a hard time getting up when it's dark outside."
'But in space, it's always dark.'
"I know.  I know."
  -- Ivanova and Sinclair, "Signs and Portents"
%
"I would very much like to know how you got your hands on this."
'No, you wouldn't.'
  -- Londo and Reno, "Signs and Portents"
%
"The Shadows have come for Lord Kiro.  The Shadows have come for us all!"
  -- Lady Ladira, "Signs and Portents"
%
"Now look what you've made me do!"
  -- Londo and G'Kar (to each other), "Signs and Portents"
%
"I see death, destruction, fire.  Babylon will fall -- this place will
  be destroyed."
  -- Lady Ladira, "Signs and Portents"
%
"Why does my mouth always taste like old carpet in the morning?"
'Unknown.  Checking medical logs.'
  -- Ivanova and her wake-up computer, "Signs and Portents"
%
"The future is always changing.  We create the future with our words,
  with our deeds and with our beliefs."
  -- Lady Ladira, "Signs and Portents"
%
"A gift, from friends you don't know you have."
  -- Morden (presenting the Eye to Londo), "Signs and Portents"
%
"How can I ever find you to thank you?"
'We will find you, Ambassador.  We will find you.'
  -- Londo and Morden (disembodied voice), "Signs and Portents"
%
"We must all make our sacrifices."
  -- Londo, "Signs and Portents"
%
"I've been out of circulation.  Spent the last few years doing some
  exploration on the Rim."
'Find anything interesting?'
"Yes."
  -- Morden and Customs Guard, "Signs and Portents"
%
"What do you want?"
  -- Morden (variously), "Signs and Portents"
%
"Never a transport tube when you need one."
  -- Londo, "Signs and Portents"
%
"You are a lunatic.  Go away.  Pester someone else."
  -- Londo (to Morden), "Signs and Portents"
%
"Look, Jeff.  You probably know you weren't first in line to run this place."
'I suspected as much.  I was surprised when they called me.  How far down
  the list was I?'
"Pretty far."
  -- Garibaldi and Sinclair, "Signs and Portents"
%
"The Centauri stripped my world.  I want justice."
'But *what* do you want?'
"To suck the marrow from their bones and grind their skulls to powder."
'What do you want?'
"To tear down their cities, blacken *their* sky, sow *their* ground
  with salt.  To completely, utterly, erase them."
'And then what?'
"Well...I don't know.  As long as my homeworld's safety is guaranteed,
  I don't know that it matters."
  -- G'Kar and Morden, "Signs and Portents"
%
"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...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!"
  -- What Londo wants, "Signs and Portents"
%
"Leave this place.  They are not for you.  Go.  Leave.  *NOW*"
  -- Kosh (to Morden), "Signs and Portents"
%
"Nuts."
  -- LCdr. Susan Ivanova, "Signs and Portents"
%
"I've had my fill of double shifts."
'Perhaps you'll remember that next time Ms. Sakai visits the station.'
  -- Sinclair and Ivanova, "TKO"
%
"Watch your back."
  -- Walker Smith (to Garibaldi), "TKO"
%
"You have always been thick, Garibaldi."
  -- Walker Smith, "TKO"
%
"You can not run away from your own heart, Susan, not even in space."
  -- Rabbi Koslov, "TKO"
%
"Are you out of your skull?"
  -- Garibaldi, "TKO"
%
"He said humanity had no business in space until we could learn to live in
  peace on Earth."
  -- Susan Ivanova (about Andrei Ivanov), "TKO"
%
"You should *not* have done that."
'I'm a rabbi.  When I see a Jew denying one of our most basic traditions,
  I meddle.'
  -- Susan Ivanova and Rabbi Koslov, "TKO"
%
"You know, you're demented."
  -- Garibaldi, "TKO"
%
WS: "Glass jaw, but he kicks like a mule."
C:  "What is a mule?"
MG: "You're training one."
  -- Walker Smith, Caliban and Garibaldi, "TKO"
%
"You intrude upon our worlds, make mockery of our customs, meddle in
  matters you do not understand, but humans have no place in the Mutari.
  It is ours and we will not let you dishonor it.  Not now.  Not ever."
  -- Alien (Migo?), "TKO"
%
"Got any ideas on how I should fight this guy?"
'From inside a Maine battle tank would be good.'
  -- Walker Smith and Garibaldi, "TKO"
%
"So, how are things back home?"
'They change; they stay the same.  Russia is Russia.  Your father used to
  say, "If regret could be harvested, Russia would be the world's fruit
  basket."'
  -- Susan Ivanova and Rabbi Koslov, "TKO"
%
"Who the hell are you?"
  -- Walker Smith, "TKO"
%
"Relax, E.T.  I'm looking for the Muta-Do."
  -- Walker Smith, "TKO"
%
"And now that he has left for good, you cannot forgive him?"
'No, I can't.'
"Then the tragedy is greater than I thought.  Without forgiveness you
  cannot mourn and without mourning you can never let go of the pain."
  -- Rabbi Koslov and Susan Ivanova, "TKO"
%
"I heard some stuff about you too, Garibaldi."
'You believe it?'
"Hell, yeah!"
  -- Walker Smith and Garibaldi, "TKO"