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In "In The Beginning" we recieve a brief glimpse behind the characters, some things are repeated, but others are new facet of the characters, that include interesting dialogue and quotes. They are in no particular order.
Londo, "For the next ten years, one question would obsess a hundred worlds. Why did the Minbari surrender at the battle of the line on the very eve of victory? The answer to that question would change the galaxy forever."
Delenn, "It is said that in every age, there is one single event that forever changes the world around us. A nexus if you will."
G'kar, "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. (ships firing)"
Delenn, "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 The final refuge for dreams. And our last, best hope for peace. Babylon 5."
President, "The babylon station will provide a place for us to work out our problems peacefully. It is we believe, our last best hope for peace."
Delenn, "What are you doing here?"
Kosh, "Creating the future."
Londo, "You see, I was there at the dawn of the third age. It began with the humans, you know. They're the quiet ones I mentioned before. They changed the universe and doing so paid a terrible price. It began 35 of their years ago. Their homeworld is a place called Earth. Located in a fairly uninteresting part of the galaxy. We had never bothered much with that area before. It had little military or strategic value. But as a culture grows decadent, it becomes intrigued by art, by trinkets, by eccentricity. The humans had art, and trinkets, and eccentricity to space."
Dukhat, "If you are seeing this message, it is because I am dead. I leave this in trust of the Vorlons to give to the right person at the right time. I ask you to trust them, as I have. They have come to us in secret to prepare for the coming war. 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 we will work with the Vorlons to find these Humans and bring them into the battle on our side. The allies of the Shadows are gathering at Z'ha'dum. Their masters can not be far behind. They must be stopped. Finish the work, that I began. Finish it."
Londo, "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 for every inch of space. In my life, I have never seen anything like it. They would weep. They would pray. They would say good bye to their love 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, when it is my time, that 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."
Sinclair, "Hold the line, no one gets through, no matter what!"
General Lefcourt, "Unless we find a way to defeat the Minbari. The human race ends with the current generation."
Duhkat, "Why do you come here Delenn?"
Delenn, "I come to serve."
Duhkat, "You do you serve."
Delenn, "I serve the truth."
Duhkat, "What is the truth?"
Delenn, "That we are one people, one voice."
Duhkat, "Will you follow me into fire? Will you follow me into darkness? Will you follow me into death?"
Delenn, "I will."
Duhkat, "Then follow"
Morann, "Delenn, we need to strike back but the council is divided. Do we follow them back to their base and take revenge, or do we wait, try to find out what happened? Yours is the deciding vote Delenn."
Delenn, "He was the best of us! They struck without provocation, there was no reason! Animals! Brutal! They deserve no mercy! Strike them down! Follow them to their base and ... and kill them, all of them! All of them! No mercy!"
Delenn, "I'm not saying anything. I did not say anything then and I not saying anything now. Unless you are saying you have seen a Vorlon"
Dukhat, "Now it starts."
Kosh, "(pause) Yes."
Sheridan, "Hell, I did not want to live forever anyway."
Londo, "The quiet ones are the ones who change the universe, Luke darouty. The loud ones only take the credit. "
Delenn, "Are you a Vorlon?"
kosh, "Yes."
Kosh II, "Yes."
Delenn, "What ... What is your name?"
Kosh, "Kosh."
Delenn, "Are you still here?"
Kosh, "We have always been here."
Kosh, "The truth points to itself."
Delenn, "What?"
Kosh, "The truth points to itself."
Delenn, "I do not understand."
Kosh II, "You will."
Delenn, "But..."
Kosh II, "Go now!"
Kosh, "Go, before it is to late."
Londo, "A story about great deeds, about armies of light and soldiers of darkness. About the places where they lived and fought and loved and died. About great empires and terrible mistakes. A true story."
Lenon, "Long ago, Valen led our people to victory in the great war against the Shadows. Before he went away, he gave us the prophecy that they would return again in a thousand years. That time is almost upon us."
Londo, "I only hope that in your stumbling around, you do not wake the dragon."
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