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The Gathering
In the Beginning
Thirdspace
The River of Souls
A Call to Arms

"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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"NAME: VARNER, DEL"
"ORIGIN: EARTH"
"DES/ATMOS: HUMAN/O2"
"SEX: MALE"
"DOB: 6/27/18"
" PHYS CHR"
"MEDICAL: NO DISTG"
" TRANS REC"
" VISAS"
	-- Varner Identicard in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"NAME: ALEXANDER, LYTA"
"ORIGIN: EARTH"
"DES/ATMOS: HUMAN/O2"
"SEX: FEMALE"
"DOB: 12/10/25"
" PHYS CHR"
"MEDICAL: NO DISTG"
" LICENSED PSI"
" VISAS"
" TRANS REC"
"CRIM HIST: NONE"
	-- Lyta Identicard in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"TIKI.. MOJO 073 .. 0708 .. McAuliffe NCC .. tMU77 ELVIS STILL LOVES YOU..
 LILGUY 017017 .. NEILY "
	-- Lyta Identicard (Left top) in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"ALEXANDER, LYTA"
"PSIONIC INFO"
"PSI LEVEL: P5"
"GENERATION: 6"
"REGISTERED PSI CORPS 10/18/52"
"LICENSE N617CC860"
"CURRENT ASSIGN: TIGRIS SEC BABYLON 5"
	-- Lyta Identicard PSI MENU in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"The Narn Regime is dedicated to peace!"
	-- G'Kar to LtCmdr. Laurel Takashima 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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"Babylons one, two and three were sabotaged and destroyed. Number
 four vanished without a trace 24 hours after becoming operational.
 To this day no one knows what happened to it."
	-- 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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"Do you not have files on the Vorlons?"
"Absolutely. Very large files. There's nothing in them,
 of course. How much do *you* have?"
"More than you, it would seem. Naturally it's all classified."
"Naturally."
	-- Delenn and Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Here is a copy of everything I have. It may be of use.
 If anyone asks, say it fell from the sky."
	-- Delenn to Sinclair about Vorlon files 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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"I picked up some Carnellian bedsheets. They're supposed to be completely
 frictionless."
	-- Carolyn to Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"There, you see, it's your fault. You're bad luck. I've always said
 that about him. Now, come on, come on, come on. Look, you're a security
 chief. Shouldn't you be out *securing* something?"
	-- Londo to Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Lend me your support, your good cheer--"
"My wallet?"
	-- Londo and Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"We have no telepaths among my people. A genetic oversight I suppose.
 One which you could help correct. I am empowered to compensate you
 quite handsomely for your genetic background."
	-- Ambassador G'Kar to Lyta Alexander 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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"We were talking the other day about how nobody has seen a Vorlon before.
 And he said that according to legend, one human *did* see a Vorlon,
 and turned to stone."
"Well, that's just a legend."
"Probably."
"Probably."
	-- Takashima and Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Even for an alien, this one is pretty alien."
	-- Dr. Kyle to Sinclair about Kosh in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Technologically, you're centuries ahead of everyone else.
 We have unlimited manpower and the will to use it!
 Can you imagine what we could achieve together?"
"I can, which is why it must never be allowed to happen."
	-- G'Kar and Delenn in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Oh, Delenn, I gave you a chance for greatness and you threw it away.
 Whatever happens now, be on your own head."
	-- G'Kar in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"I suppose there'll be a war now, hmm? All that running around and
 shooting at one another. You would've thought sooner or later it
 would go out of fashion."
	-- Ambassador Londo Mollari to Garibaldi 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 haven't broken the rules in a long time,
 doctor, so I guess .. I'm about due."
	-- Takashima to Dr. Kyle in Babylon 5:"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 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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"Michael, I picked you because you're right for the job. You are not
 politic, you are not subtle, and sometimes you're a pain in the
 ass. And I wouldn't have it any other way."
	-- Sinclair to Garibaldi 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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"No, we were beaten. We didn't stop them, they stopped themselves.
 And I wish to hell I knew why."
	-- Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Tell them [Vorlons] to get stuffed."
	-- Takashima 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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"Commander, this little breach of security isn't going
 to affect my Christmas bonus, is it?"
	-- Garibaldi to Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"There we were, a fleet so large it nearly eclipsed the sun.
 Suddenly, we fell on them like a wave, falling upon a shore--"
	-- Londo to Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"Delenn, just before he died, the Minbari assassin looked
 at me and said: 'There is a hole in your mind.'"
"An old Minbari insult. Nothing you need worry about."
	-- Sinclair and Delenn 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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"'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.'"
	-- Sinclair in Babylon 5:"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?"
"Yes. How did you know?"
	-- Delenn and Sinclair in Babylon 5:"The Gathering"
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"This is Lieutenant Commander Laurel Takashima. Our docking bays
 stand ready to receive you. Babylon 5 is open for business."
	-- Takashima 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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"No, she's always quiet. We think maybe there's something wrong with her."
"Yes .. or something very right. The quiet ones are the ones that change the
 universe, Luc Derardi. The loud ones only take the credit."
	-- Luc Derardi and Londo 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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"Then let them appear, to give us something to believe in. If the Vorlons
 do not see the danger, then perhaps the danger does not exist."
	-- Coplann 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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"Susan. What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at the university."
"Well, you know me, never where I'm supposed to be."
	-- Ganya and Susan Ivanova in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"The warrior caste loves to win and hates to lose. It is easier to fight
 a weaker opponent and be guaranteed victory than to oppose a far more
 dangerous enemy."
	-- Lenonn to Morann in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"They say we'll need allies. In particular, a race that is so far unknown to
 us called humans. If we have not already done so by now, it is my hope that
 you will work with the Vorlons to find these humans and bring them into the
 battle on our side."
	-- Dukhat recording to Delenn in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"The humans?"
"Yes. They are the key."
	-- Delenn and Kosh in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"And if the only way out is for Earth to surrender?"
"Officially that's up to the negotiators. Those are my orders. Unofficially..
 We're losing this war, John. And if the only way the human race can survive
 is to surrender.. then we will surrender."
	-- Sheridan and Lefcourt 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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"The truth points to itself."
"What?"
"The truth points to itself."
"I do not understand."
"You will."
	-- Kosh, Delenn and Kosh II in Babylon 5:"In the Beginning"
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"We should bring one of them aboard for questioning. If our next step
 is the final assault on their world, we must know their defenses."
"Very well, Delenn. Choose. But quickly. We are fast running out of
 candidates."
	-- Delenn and Hedronn 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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"I need another bottle. I will need *several* more bottles.
 And then .. wait one hour and bring the prisoners here."
	-- 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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"I am trained to separate false memories from real ones."
	-- Lyta Alexander 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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"Besides, .. it *is* mine."
	-- Sheridan in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"*Maybe* you might find something useful by sheer accident.
 But maybe you'll push the wrong button and blow yourself up."
"I know. Exciting, isn't it?"
	-- Dr. Elizabeth Trent and Sheridan in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"A low-rated commercial telepath can't sense electronics
 like that. Only a P9 and above could do that."
"Lyta's a P5."
"So you told me. But that rating was determined before
 she went to the Vorlon homeworld, as you very well know."
	-- Dr. Elizabeth Trent and Ivanova in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"The Centauris didn't exactly invent jump gate technology either.
 None of the current races did. They found the gates when they got
 out into space, took them apart and put them back together again.
 I mean, no one even knows who built the first gates."
	-- Bill Morishi 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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"Sheridan, John J., Captain. Password Abraxis 79713."
	-- Sheridan in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"After everything that's happened I have to decide if I want this job
 anymore. I didn't like the part of me that that thing brought out."
"Well, maybe it's a learning experience for you."
"If it is, it's a hell of a painful one."
"Ain't no other kind, Dr. Trent" [to himself]
	-- Dr. Elizabeth Trent and Sheridan in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"Mr. Garibaldi has been known to say from time to time: We all lie."
	-- Sheridan in Babylon 5:"Thirdspace"
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"It's all true. And of course, it's all a lie."
	-- 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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"This symbol. This is a death symbol. And the other side, a symbol of life.
 Not life or death or life *and* death but life *in* death. Life eternal."
	-- Dr. Bryson in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"There is nothing of value here, only whispers.  I do not choose to die
 for your whispers."
	-- Klaus in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"If I may ask, um, a doctor of what?"
"Archaeology, with a secondary degree in cultural anthropology."
"He digs stuff up."
"Thank you for the translation, Mr. Garibaldi. If you hadn't jumped in there
 I might have gotten confused and fallen down."
	-- Lochley, Dr. Bryson and Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"I was sorry to hear about Mr. Edgars passing away like that.
 He was a good man. A visionary."
"He was a nut, and he was a control freak."
"Well, these days, only a nut and a control freak would completely
 fund research into pure science."
	-- Dr. Bryson and Garibaldi in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"I don't understand. The owner said the place was sanctioned by
 station personnel. That's the only reason I spent money on it."
"Lots of people *claim* their business is sanctioned by us.
 More than half of them are lying. You should never believe
 a claim like that without checking with us first."
	-- Mr. Clute and Lochley in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"I love you. I forgive you."
	-- the love bat in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"Bryson, personal journal update. 11 June 2263. I've made contact."
	-- Dr. Bryson 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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"Ok. So I believe in heaven. You got a problem with that?"
"No heaven. Nothing beyond. Only the dark, impenetrable wall of death."
	-- Zack and Soul Hunter 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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"Oh, they are not harmed. Our order does not harm others
 unless it is necessary. It damages the soul."
	-- Soul Hunter to Lochley in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"We are taught to go wherever the spirit moves us."
	-- Soul Hunter to Lochley in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"And maybe for some souls, it's not enough just *being*. It's the
 *doing* that makes us what we are. If these souls were valuable,
 it's because of what they did or the way they saw the world."
	-- Lochley 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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"If all they wanted was a spokesperson they could have picked any image
 from the holobrothel. But they chose the one they *knew* would draw my
 attention. Why else would they choose my image?"
"I heard it's very popular."
"Is it?"
"So I'm told."
	-- Lochley 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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"Zack was right. There is a heaven."
	-- Lochley in Babylon 5:"The River of Souls"
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"And to whom am I supposed to explain my behavior this time?"
"To everyone involved."
"Everyone? Must be a very large room."
	-- Galen and technomage in Babylon 5:"A Call to Arms"
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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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"Fear makes wise men foolish. In my case, I can only hope it makes fools wise."
	-- 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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"What they'll do to you is worse than anything that I could dream up in a
 thousand years, and I can dream real dark."
	-- Garibaldi 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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Last modified May 21, 2000