DADrazi Ambassador
Every great fall begins with a single mistake.
S5A Tragedy of Telepaths
Why is it that we always break up our history by the wars, not the years of peace? The Hundred Years War, the War of 1812, the first three world wars, the Dilgar War, the War of the Shining Star, the Minbari War, the Shadow War—why the war and not the peace? Because it's exciting. And because on some level people like to see something big fall apart and explode from the inside out. And right now, John, we're that something.
S5Phoenix Rising
Every race to develop telepaths has had to find some way to control them, through laws, religion, drugs, or extermination. We may not be pretty, but we're a hell of a lot better than the alternatives.
You can't change human nature, Byron.
Then there's not much point in living, is there? If you can't hope for something better, something nobler, at least something kinder?
[Byron reveals his past to Lyta.]
I'm a strong P-12.
But all P-12s are automatically designated Psi Cops. You were a Psi Cop?
Not just a Psi Cop. Bester's protege.
We are no longer who we were. We are what we have become. What you made us!
S5The Ragged Edge
Who knew that the presidency was 50% panic and 50% paperwork?
Can you stall [the Alliance council] a bit?
Not a problem. I'll tell them we're declaring war on Earth. That'll give them something positive to think about.
[distracted] Good. Good. Give me the paperwork and I'll sign it.
He [a Narn] seems very glad to see you.
Yes, but we weren't gone that long. Less than a month.
Well, there you have the key to your popularity: your absence. Go away for a month and they bow. Go away for six months and they'll tear the place apart when you come back. Perhaps you should go away and never come back again. Then your popularity will be so overwhelming it would blacken the stars.
Mollari–
I have always said this about you: nothing so improves your company like the lack of it. ... Perhaps you can make some money from this: ten credits for you not to be there for an hour, a hundred credits for you not to be there for the day. And for you not to be there for the rest of your life, well, they could never afford it.
Where is my book? It is my only copy!
Yes, that is precisely the point. The Kha'Ri felt that if anything happened to you [on Centauri Prime] the book of G'Kar would never see the light of day, so we "liberated" it [from G'Kar's quarters].
Liberated it?
We took it home. Those that read it were very moved by it and they made some copies.
[aghast] Copies?!
Just a few...for their friends. A few more...later a few more copies.
How many?!
That's hard to say, exactly. There was some confusion when it went to the printers.
Printers?! I've only been gone for a month, Ta'Lon, there can't be that many copies floating around this quickly. How many?
Five or six...hundred...thousand.
What?!
I've been told that it will out-sell the book of G'Quan. [G'Kar stares at him in shock] Congratulations, citizen G'Kar. You are now a religious icon.
[Garibaldi and Tafiq are discussing Drazi cities]
What's with the streets? They're so narrow, you can hardly get by.
TTafiq
Tradition. Goes back centuries. To prevent invaders from taking their city, they built their streets too narrow for armies or engines of war. When you have to go by two or three at a time, you are most vulnerable.
See, now you can fly over and drop these things called "bombs".
All my life, I have been responsible only for myself. When I risk, I risked alone to avoid making others pay the price for my mistakes. They want me to show them another way. What if I show them the wrong way? What if they come to me not because of the lesson, but because of the teacher? I worry, Ta'Lon, that my shadow may become greater than the message.
If that happens, I give you my word that I will personally kill you.
And this is supposed to put my mind at ease?
S5The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father
PCPsi Cop Lauren Ashley
We don't often see a sense of humor in Psi Cops.
Reports of our depression are vastly exaggerated.
[Zack greets Bester in pretty much the same fashion as his predecessor.]
Don't you ever go away? Haven't you caused enough trouble for one lifetime?
It's a pleasure to see you too, Mr. Allan. Where can I find Captain Lochley? I should check in with her.
She's busy, you can check in with me. Card. [Bester hands over his identicard.] So what is it this time, Mr. Bester? Hunting out freedom fighters? Pulling wings off flies? Annexing the Sudetenland?
[Zack implies Bester had something to do with a dead body being dead.]
He was dead before we got here.
[to Bester] Yeah, they told me. But I never let the facts get in the way of a good grudge.
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