"I was there, at the dawn of the Third Age of Mankind. It began in the
 Earth 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 its final commander, Babylon 5 was a dream given
 form, a dream of a galaxy without war, where 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 in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"If it makes you feel any better, I can send them a fruit basket."
	-- LtCmdr. Laurel Takashima to G'Kar in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Sooner or later, everyone comes to Babylon 5."
	-- Commander Sinclair to Lyta Alexander in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Notice the waves, each moving in its own order, predictable,
 unchanging. But drop in a single stone and see how the pattern
 changes. Everything around it is altered."
	-- Ambassador Delenn to Sinclair in Babylon 5:"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, but none say it as clearly as this."
	-- Delenn to Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Commander, you know everything about your stone garden. But
 clearly, you have not spent nearly enough time looking at it."
	-- Delenn to Sinclair in Babylon 5:"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."
	-- G'Kar to Lyta Alexander in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"You make very good sharks, Mr. Garibaldi. We were pretty good sharks
 ourselves once, but somehow, along the way, we forgot how to bite.
 There was a time when this whole quadrant belonged to us. What are
 we now? Twelve worlds and a thousand monuments to past glories.
 Living off memories and stories, selling *trinkets*."
	-- Londo to Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"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 to Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Nice shark, .. pretty shark."
	-- Londo to his drink in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"I don't trust telepaths. Never have; never will."
	-- Garibaldi to Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"This is my weakness, my failure--and I'm sorry, truly sorry."
	-- Londo in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"We had to stop them, .. no matter what it cost. They came at us
 out of nowhere. We never had a chance. The sky was full of stars
 and every star an exploding ship -- one of ours."
	-- Sinclair about the Line in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"There is a hole .. in your mind."
	-- The Minbari assassin to Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"I would never tell you anything that was not in your best interest."
	-- Delenn to Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"It is said that in every age there is one singular event that forever changes
 the world around us--a nexus, if you will."
"It is said that the future is always born in pain; the history of war is the
 history of pain. If we are wise, what is born of that pain matures into the
 promise of a better world, because we learn that we can no longer afford the
 mistakes of the past."
"But in the pain of that war, a future was born--a future that would one day
 have a name whispered on a hundred worlds. A final refuge for dreams, and
 our last, best hope for peace--Babylon 5."
	-- Delenn and G'Kar in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"This is the seal of the Centauri Republic. Only the emperor can wear it.
 So either I am the emperor, or I am in a great deal of trouble. Or both."
	-- Londo in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"What do you want?"
"Tell me a story."
"Luc!"
"No, no, it's all right. He did far better with that question than I did."
	-- Londo, Luc Derardi and Centauri woman in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"My people can handle themselves. We took care of the Dilgar.
 We can take care of the Minbari."
"Ahh, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you."
	-- General Lefcourt and Londo in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"I have never yet known the truth or Delenn to speak only when it is
 appropriate."
	-- Dukhat in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"Yes, they should, but if the legends surrounding the Vorlons are correct,
 remember that they do not reveal themselves quickly and never all at once."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm not saying anything. I didn't say anything then, and I'm not saying
 anything now."
	-- Dukhat and Delenn in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"Are you saying I'm being deceived?"
"I'm not saying anything. I did not say anything then, and I'm not saying
 anything now. Unless you are saying you've seen a Vorlon."
"I'm saying even less than you, except for this. When the darkness comes,
 if you ever have doubt about your actions, all you need do is look into
 the face of a Vorlon. Once you see that, all doubt is erased forever."
	-- Dukhat and Delenn in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"Why do you come here, Delenn?"
"I come to serve."
"Who do you serve?"
"I serve the truth."
"What is the truth?"
"That we are one people, one voice."
"Will you follow me into fire? Will you follow me into darkness?
 Will you follow me into death?"
"I will."
"Then follow."
	-- Dukhat and Delenn in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"I am become Grey. I stand between the darkness and the light, ..
 between the candle and the star."
	-- Delenn in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"The humans, I think, knew they were doomed, but where another race would
 surrender to despair, the humans fought back with even greater strength.
 They made the Minbari fight for every inch of space. In my life I have never
 seen anything like it. They would weep, they would pray, they would say
 goodbye to their loved ones, and then throw themselves without fear or
 hesitation at the very face of death itself, never surrendering.
 No-one who saw them fighting against the inevitable could help but be moved
 to tears by their courage, their stubborn nobility.
 When they ran out of ships they used guns; when they ran out of guns they
 used knives, and sticks, and bare hands. They were magnificent.
 I only hope that when it is my time, I may die with half as much dignity
 as I saw in their eyes at the end.
 They did this for *two* *years*. They never ran out of courage.
 But in the end, they ran out of time."
	-- Londo in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"Dear lady, I would love to walk with you on a beach, somewhere, for just
 five minutes. How strange, to have come so far, and to want so little."
	-- Londo in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"It was the middle of the Earth year 2261, the year between wars, and the
 beginning of a new age. The shadow war was over, but there was still a
 darkness waiting for us at home. President Santiago had been assassinated
 and his successor, President Clark, was turning Earth into a prison camp.
 We've broken away from Earth and in retaliation they quarantined us,
 trying to strangle our supply lines. We were desperate and we couldn't
 afford to lose even a single supply ship."
	-- Sheridan in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"We're having to move the struts of the jump gate
 far enough apart to allow the artifact to get through."
"It's that big?"
"Bigger."
	-- Corwin and Sheridan in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"Would you like *me* to speak to them?"
"No, it's not the speaking that's the problem, it's .. the listening."
	-- Delenn and Vir in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"No, that is a lie."
"Minbari do not lie."
"Well, then it is slander."
"To be slander it must be false."
	-- Sheridan and Delenn in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"Then it's .. it's damned inconvenient."
"Truth always is."
	-- Sheridan and Delenn in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"Our great mistake. Our failing. And now your failing."
	-- Lyta to Sheridan and Delenn in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"Learn."
	-- Lyta to Sheridan in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"Nothing good comes easy, Klaus."
"Nothing bad comes easy, either. I find it far more annoying when the
 universe makes you work for your damnation. I'd prefer it just gave it
 to me, save me the effort."
	-- Dr. Robert Bryson and Klaus in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"Surrender, Dorothy!"
	-- holobrothel customer in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"There is strength enough in one mind, one soul, to change the
 universe. Can you imagine how much strength there would be in
 one billion souls, all focused on escape?"
	-- Soul Hunter in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"Activate defense grid, launch all starfuries, and if they move,
 shoot them. If they don't move, shoot twice. They're probably
 hiding something."
	-- Lt. Corwin in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"I've already notified my attorney, and if you think these scare tactics
 can--get--is he dead?"
"Seriously dead."
"What happened?"
"Scare tactics."
	-- Jacob Mayhew, Zack and Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"Faith is good, but sometimes, faith is blind."
	-- Soul Hunter in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"The mind sees what it needs to see.
 The soul sees what the soul sees."
	-- 'Lochley' to Soul Hunter in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"This is a dream."
"No, not a dream, a nightmare. And if sometimes dreams come true,
 then what of our nightmares?"
	-- Sheridan and Galen in Babylon 5:"A Call to Arms"
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"Is this true?"
"Mm-hm."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"There's no sense belonging to a secret group if you tell everybody about it."
	-- Sheridan and Dureena in Babylon 5:"A Call to Arms"
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"Faster."
"This is as faster as I can go."
	-- Sheridan and navigator in Babylon 5:"A Call to Arms"
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