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Marcus

Marcus

"The Minbari taught me: 'Claim victory in your heart and the Universe will follow.'"
- Marcus: "Voices of Authority"

"Oh bugger, now I have to wait for someone to wake up."
- Marcus: Ceremonies of Light and Dark"

"I see they trained you well back home."
"Yeah, they always said I was carrying around a lot of repressed anger."
"And?"
"I'm not repressed anymore."

- Lennier and Marcus: "Ceremonies of Light and Dark"

"You see, it's like I've always said: 'You can get more with a kind word and a two-by-four than you can with just a kind word.' Please, continue."
- Marcus to Lennier: "Ceremonies of Light and Dark"

"I am a Ranger. We walk in the dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One, we die for the One."
- Marcus to Neroon: "Grey 17 is Missing"

"The next time you want a revelation, could you possibly find a way that isn't quite so uncomfortable."
- Marcus to Neroon: "Grey 17 is Missing"

"Rangers never bluff."
- Marcus to Ivanova: "Between the Darkness and the Light"

"What else did they teach you?"
"Delight. Respect. Compassion. That for you actions to be pure they must proceed from direction, determination, patience, and strength. I am afraid, I am still working on patience. They taught me how to live, how to breathe, how to fight, and how to die."

- Dr. Franklin and Marcus: "A Late Delivery from Avalon"

"Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe."
- Marcus: A Late Delivery From Avalon

"You know I was noticing that pin you wear. All the other Rangers wear one just like it, but I don't know what it means."
"The two figures on either side, one human, the other minbari. They blend together in the middle to signify the two halves of our souls uniting against the common enemy."
"This jewel?"
"The minbari call that Isil'zha, means the future, birth, beginning, dawn of a new age."

- Dr. Franklin and Marcus: "A Late Delivery from Avalon"

Marcus, "I spy with my little eye, something starting with B."
Franklin, "Boxes."
Marcus, "Right, I spy with my little eye, something starting with M."
Franklin, "More boxes."
Marcus, "Two in a row."
Franklin, "And that's when I shot him your honor."
Marcus, "I spy with my little eye, something starting with E."
Franklin, "I give up..."
Marcus, "Oh, come on."
Franklin, "This better not be what..."
Franklin and Marcus, "Even more boxes."
- Marcus and Franklin: "Racing Mars"

"Touch passion when it comes your way, Stephen. It's rare enough as it is. Don't walk away when it calls you by name."
- Marcus to Franklin: "Lines of Communication"
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Lyta Alexander

Lyta

"Captain."
"hum?"
"They're pissed."

- Lyta and Sheridan: "Into the Fire"

"Psi-Cops are trained to make everyone nervous, but Bester can make even other Psi-Cops nervous."
"Hell, the man can make poison ivy nervous."

- Lyta and Zack: "Epiphanies"

"The truth speaks for itself. I'm just a messenger."
- Lyta to #1: "Between the Darkness and the Light"

"Oh, and you mentioned wondering what my pleasure threshold is. I just recently found out. .. I don't have one. Have a very, very nice day, G'Kar."
- Lyta to G'Kar: "Darkness Ascending"
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Alfred Bester

Bester

"Anatomically impossible, Mr. Garibaldi, but you're welcome to try .. anytime .. anywhere."
- Psi Cop: "Mind War"

"Be seeing you, Commander."
- Bester to Sinclair: "Mind War"

"You were raised by the Corps, clothed by the Corps. We are your father and your mother."
- Bester: "A Race Through Dark Places"

"So, how did you find about all of this?"
"I'm .. a telepath. .. Work it out."

- Sheridan and Bester: "Ship of Tears"

"I assume, my usual quarters in the brig, are available. I have grown so attached to the place."
- Bester: "Epiphanies"

"I mean, being a freedom fighter, a force for good, it's a wonder thing. You get to make your own hours, looks good on a resume, but the pay sucks."
Bester: "Moments of Transition"

It's good to see they're continuing the fine tradition of hiring from the shallow end of the gene pool.
- Bester (regarding Zack's security guards): "Moments of Transition"

"Besides, we don't often see a sense of humor in Psi-Cops."
"Reports of our depression are wastly exaggerated."

- Lauren Ashley and Bester: "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"

"The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"
- A sign in: "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"

"Game, set, match. Be seeing you, doctor."

- Bester: "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"
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Elric

Elric

"There's an old saying: 'Do not try the patience of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger.'"
- Elric to Vir: "The Geometry of Shadows"

"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations of equations. These are the tools we employ and we know many things."
"Such as?"
"The true secrets, the important things. Fourteen words to make someone fall in love with you forever. Seven words to make them go without pain, or to say goodbye to a friend who is dying. How to be poor, how to be rich, how to rediscover dream the world has stolen from you."

- Elric and Captain Sheridan: "The Geometry of Shadows"

"There is a storm coming up, a black and terrible storm."
- Elric to Captain Sheridan: "The Geometry of Shadows"
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Sebastian

Sebastian

"Nothing changes. Corruption, immorality, chaos."
- Sebastian: "Comes the Inquisitor"

"How do you know the chosen ones? No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his friend. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame... for one person. In the dark. Where no one will ever know or see. I've been in the service of the Vorlons for centuries, looking for you. Diogynes with his lamp looking for a man willing to die for all the wrong reasons. At last, my job is finished. Yours is just beginning. When the darkness comes, know this: You are the right people, in the right place, at the right time."
- Sebastian to Delenn & Sheridan: "Comes the Inquisitor"

"Good luck to you in *your* holy cause, Captain Sheridan. May *your* choices have better results than mine. Remembered, *not* as a messenger, remembered not as a reformer, not as a prophet, not as a hero, not even as Sebastian. Remembered only .. as *Jack*."
- Sebastian to Sheridan: "Comes the Inquisitor"
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Zathras

Zathras

"Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other peoples needs. Very sad life. Probably have very sad death, but at least there is symmetry."
- Zathras: "War without End #I"
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Byron

Byron

"What a piece of work is man. How noble in reason. How infinite in facilities. In form and moving, how express and admirable. In action, how like an angel. In apprehension, how like a god. The beauty of the world."
- Byron: "The Paragon of Animals"

"The willow is deceptively strong. It bends, but it does not break. Its roots are deep and can withstand the worst storm. It promises rest, and shade, and cool breezes to those who would find rest beneath it. You have become my willow. and we have all found shelter in your kindness."
- Byron to Lyta: "Strange Relations"

"How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? That question baffled religious thinkers for centuries, until someone finally hit upon the answer. How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? As many as want too."
- Byron: "Secrets of the Soul"
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Lorien

Lorien

"Words have meaning and names have power. The universe begun with a word, you know. But which came first: the word or the thought behind the word?"
- Lorien: "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?"

"You have never seen a Vorlon enraged. They are more powerful, then you can imagine"
- Lorien: "Falling Toward Apotheosis"

"I look forward to the day when your people join us ... beyond the rim. We will wait for you."
- Lorien: "Into the Fire "

"Who are you? What do you want? Why are you here? Where are you going?"
- Lorien: "Sleeping in Light"
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Lorien and Sheridan

Lorien and Sheridan

"Who are you?"
"Who are *you*?"
"How did I get here?"
"You were born."
"Why am I alive?"
"Well, that *is* the question, isn't it?"

- Sheridan and Lorien: "The Hour of the Wolf"

"You must let go. Surrender yourself to death. The death of flesh, the death of fear. Step into the abyss, and let go."
- Lorien to Sheridan: "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?"

"It's easy to find something worth dying for. Do you have anything worth living for?"
"I can't see you anymore."
"As it should be."
"What if I fall off.. How will I know you'll catch me?"
"I caught you before."
"What if I die?"
"I can not create life, but I can breathe on the remaining embers.. It may not work."
"But I can hope."
"*Hope* is all we have."

- Lorien & Sheridan: "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?"

"Do you have anything worth living for?"
"Sleep now. I will watch and catch you if you should fall."
"Delenn!"

- Lorien, Delenn, Sheridan: "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?"

Sheridan, "Lorien."
Lorien, "Did you think we had forgotten you? We have been waiting for you."
Sheridan, "Beyond the rim."
Lorien, "Yes."
- Sheridan & Lorien: "Sleeping in Light"

"Can I come back?" "No. This journey is ended. Another begins. Time to rest now."
- Sheridan & Lorien: "Sleeping in Light"
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Mack and Bo

Mack and Bo

"You've seen him and Delenn together, right? Now that's true love, my friend. You don't see that very often."
"Quite very true. He's a good man."
"Yep. A good man."
"I heard he was dead once."
"Yeah, well, nobody's perfect, Bo."

- Mack and Bo: "A View from the Gallery"
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Mr Morden

Mr Morden

"What do you want?"
- Morden: "Signs and Portents"

"He meant you?"
"What's left of me. I'm just a .. *shadow* of my former self."

- Londo and Morden: "The Hour of the Wolf"

"You don't come to the dead for wisdom, Lennier."
- Morden to Lennier: "Day of the Dead"

"I'm prophetic, not infallible."
"I think you are neither, but at least you have shown me there is truly life beyond death."
"Not necessarily, but you'll find that out soon enough."

- Morden and Lennier: "Day of the Dead"
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Rebo and Zooty

Rebo and Zooty

Rebo, "I have nothing to declare, my dear man, except my genius."
Zooty, "And I have nothing to declare, except Rebo's genius either."
- Rebo & Zooty: "Day of the Dead"
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