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"No. No, this report is totally inappropriate. You have to do it again."
"But Londo, why ? I've spent weeks working on this report. I didn't even
 sleep on the flight back from Minbar so I could go over it again. I've
 checked *every* *single* *detail* myself. It's absolutely accurate."
"Yes, Vir, I'm sure it is. And that is the problem. Here, you say:
 'The Minbari have carefully preserved their cities over the course
 of centuries'."
"That's right, absolutely."
"No, what you should say instead is: 'Their cities are very old indicating a
 decaying culture'."
"*What* ?"
"And here: 'The Minbari put great emphasis on art, literature and music.'
 Say instead: 'They are decadent people, interested only in the pursuit of
 .. of dubious pleasures.' Dubious-part is very important. It doesn't *mean*
 anything, but it *scares* people every time. All right ?"
        -- Londo and Vir, "Point of No Return"
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"I thought the purpose of filing these reports was to provide accurate
 intelligence."
"Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics."
        -- Vir and Londo, "Point of No Return"
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"Here, 'They are tolerant of differences among other cultures.'"
"Yes."
"No, make that: 'They have no well-defined sense of morality.'
 They'll *love* that back home."
        -- Londo and Vir, "Point of No Return"
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"'Everything's gone to hell, John. God help us all. You're on your own.'"
        -- Gen. Hague's message to Sheridan, "Point of No Return"
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"Emergency evac pod access way."
        -- Sign outside C&C, "Point of No Return"
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"Captain, how did this happen ? What did we do wrong ?"
"I don't know, Lieutenant. I don't know."
        -- Lt. Corwin and Sheridan, "Point of No Return"
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"I might have something for you in a little while, Mr. Garibaldi.
 When the time is right."
        -- G'Kar to Garibaldi, "Point of No Return"
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"I need to know if the grand destiny I see before me is what is, or what
 might be."
"So you want her to tell you it's all going to happen the way you see it ?"
"No, I want her to tell me it won't."
        -- Londo and Vir, "Point of No Return"
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"I believe that I have been touched. That I am meant for something greater.
 A greater darkness or a greater good, I can no longer say. All I have ever
 wanted is to serve our people. I need to see what is before me. If I should
 escape it, or embrace it. If there is any longer a choice."
"There is always choice. We say there is no choice only to comfort ourselves
 with the decision we have already made. If you understand that, there's
 hope. If not .."
        -- Londo and Lady Morella, "Point of No Return"
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"You must understand, Ta'Lon, I have had a revelation."
"What kind of revelation ?"
"Most profound and substantial one, Ta'Lon. The kind of revelation that
 transforms your mind, .. your soul, .. your heart, .. even your flesh.
 So that you are a new creature. We born in the instant of understanding."
        -- G'Kar and Ta'Lon, "Point of No Return"
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"What do you understand now that you did not understand before ?"
"It's all here, in these pages. I have tried to write down what I have seen.
 It may take the rest of my life to explain what I *saw* in that one singular
 instant. To save our people, we must sacrifice our people, sacrifice
 ourselves, pride our vengeance, be willing to die by the thousands, by the
 millions. For one another. The more we fight for ourselves, the more we will
 lose ourselves. We are linked, Ta'Lon. Our fate is like an image caught in
 a mirror. If we deny the other, we deny *ourselves*.  And we will cease to
 exist."
"And who or what is this 'other' ?"
"The universe itself, Ta'Lon. But the Humans, they are the key. And together,
 you and I, and the rest, we will turn that key. Because on the other side,
 there's salvation for all of us."
        -- Ta'Lon and G'Kar, "Point of No Return"
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"G'Kar, what are you doing here ?"
"[whispering] Saving all of us. I've had .. an idea."
        -- Ivanova and G'Kar, "Point of No Return"
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"Always plant a lie inside a truth, makes it easier to swallow."
        -- Sheridan, "Point of No Return"
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"You have a chance few others will ever have, Mollari. You still have three
 opportunities to avoid the fire that waits for you at the end of your
 journey. You've already wasted two others. You must save the eye that does
 not see. You must not kill the one who is already dead. And at the last,
 you must surrender yourself to your greatest fear, knowing that it will
 destroy you. Now, if you fail all the others, that is your final chance for
 redemption."
"I .. don't understand."
"The future reveals itself only reluctantly, Ambassador. Take the sign for
 what it is. Look for it when it appears."
"I will, thank you."
        -- Lady Morella and Londo, "Point of No Return"
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"One more thing. You *will* be Emperor. That part of your destiny can not
 be avoided."
"I see."
"[to Vir] You will also be Emperor."
        -- Lady Morella and Londo, "Point of No Return"
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"Lady Morella, please. We can not *both* be Emperor."
"Correct. One of you will become Emperor .. after the other is dead.
 That is all we see and all we wish to see."
        -- Londo and Lady Morella, "Point of No Return"
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"I have time. All the time in the world. Do you ?"
        -- G'Kar to Sheridan, "Point of No Return"
