Babylon 5 · Season 5
I've seen all kinds, kid. Seen an alien come through here last week with eight compound eyes and a glass stomach. Two fingers of gin, he's down. Completely unconscious for two full hours, and he wants to do it again. I've seen a naked Pak'ma'ra once. You know that hump on their back? It's not a hump at all, it's a...
Of all the things in life I could drown in–love, music, the eyes of another–crocodile tears are the least appealing.
Oh, come on, doctor, we have a history here. Tell the truth. You don't want me here a second more than I want to be here.
Personally, no. But as a doctor I have to treat all of my patients equally. Even the annoying, self-righteous ones with self-important delusions of godhood.
Thank you. I feel far more at home now.
Bester [to Franklin]: You're an optimist. Thank you. I had almost forgotten what one of your kind looked like.
[Lennier is concerned he has offended Captain Montoya with his curiosity.]
No, the captain does not believe in indiscreet questions. He believes the only way to get pertinent information is to ask impertinent questions.
If I take a lamp and shine it toward the wall, a bright spot will appear on the wall. The lamp is our search for truth, for understanding. Too often we assume that the light on the wall is God. But the light is not the goal of the search; it is the result of the search. The more intense the search, the brighter the light on the wall. The brighter the light on the wall, the greater the sense of revelation upon seeing it! Similarly, someone who does not search, who does not bring a lantern with him, sees nothing. What we perceive as God, is the byproduct of our search for God. It may simply be an appreciation of the light, pure and unblemished, not understanding that it comes from us. Sometimes we stand in front of the light and assume that we are the center of the universe. God looks astonishingly like we do! Or we turn to look at our shadow, and assume that all is darkness. If we allow ourselves to get in the way, we defeat the purpose; which is to use the light of our search to illuminate the wall in all its beauty...and in all its flaws. And in so doing better understand the world around us.
To be Anla'Shok means understanding that there is nothing to fear in death except the failure to complete our assigned mission. Death is not the enemy. Death simply is.
[Vir walks into Londo's quarters]
Something I can do for you, Vir?
[Vir walks past Londo and grabs a sword off of the wall without slowing down]
No, I just need to borrow this for a minute. I'll be right back.
[Vir is attacking a Drazi merchant/spy in public]
What happened to Vir?
I promoted him. Now, now he is ready to be the ambassador for the Centauri.
[Zack relates the incident with Vir in the Zocalo to Sheridan, Franklin, and Delenn, all laughing]
And Londo?
Oh, he was just standing there, watching as Vir tore the place apart! [more laughter; Zack puts on self-important tone] "Today he is a man!"
[A very drunk Garibaldi stumbles into his quarters.]
Sh...Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed. I had a little...oh, that's a big drink...about an hour ago and it went right to my head. [pauses] What did I do...with that link? You here, Linky, Linky, Linky? Here, Linky? [finds his link] Oh, the missing link!
Damn it Delenn, I have been working up a good mad all day and I am not about to let you undercut it by agreeing with me.
Barring an act of God -- and since I don't believe in God, that kind of narrows the odds a bit -- by this time tomorrow, we're gonna be at war with the Centauri.
[After Lise confronts Garibaldi about his drinking.]
I'm sorry.
I don't want you to be sorry. I don't need your pity. I don't need anybody's pity. All I know is that I'm tired of being controlled. Controlled by others, by fear, by my past, by what everybody else expects of me and it's enough. Enough. And this? [points at the bottle] This is my own private little act of rebellion, yeah. I may not be able to control what other people do to me, but I can at least be in control what I do to myself.
Is that why you brought it [G'Kar] along?
No, he is still here as my bodyguard, that's all. Where I go, he goes.
My condolences.
Thank you. It's a burden, but I've come to accept it.
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