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"He has a wife back home, three small children, an abessinian cat named Max.
 That's what makes this war different from anything we have ever gone
 through before. This time we *know* everyone we kill."
        -- Major Ed Ryan, "Severed Dreams"
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"Delenn, please be careful. The Grey Council is not what it was. They may not
 receive you well, if they will see you at all."
"They *will* see me whether they like it or not. It's time someone made them
 face reality."
        -- Lennier and Delenn, "Severed Dreams"
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"Three years. For three years I warned you this day was coming. But you
 would not listen. *Pride*, you said, *presumption*. And now the Shadows are
 on the move. The Centauri and the younger worlds are at war, the Narns have
 fallen. Even the Humans are fighting one another. The *pride* was yours,
 the presumption was yours. For a thousand years we have been awaiting for
 fulfilment of prophecy, and when it finally happens, you scorn it, you
 reject it. Because you no longer believe it yourselves. 'We stand between
 the candle and the star, between the darkness and the light.' You say the
 words, but your hearts are empty, your ears closed to the truth. You stand
 for nothing but your own petty interests. 'Problems of others are not our
 concern.' I do not blame you for standing silent in your shame. You, who
 knew what was coming, but refused to take up the burden of this war. If the
 warrior caste will not fight, then the rest of us will. If the Council has
 lost its way, if it will not lead, if we have abandoned our covenant with
 Valen, the Council should be broken, as was prophecied. We must stand with
 the others *now*, before it's too late. Between the worker caste and the
 religious caste we control two thirds of our forces. Do you, I say, listen
 to the voice of your conscience ? Break the Council, and come with we. Our
 time of isolation is over. We move *now*, together, or not at all."
        -- Delenn to Grey Council, "Severed Dreams"
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"What was the first lesson I ever taught you ?"
"Never start a fight, but always finish it."
        -- David Sheridan to John Sheridan, "Severed Dreams"
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"This is Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari. Babylon 5 is under our protection.
 Withdraw, .. or be destroyed." [in the White Star!]
"Negative. We have authority here. Do not force us to engage your ship."
"Why not ? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with Minbari
 fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives,
 be somewhere else."
        -- Delenn and Captain Drake, "Severed Dreams"
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"Traitors can't hide."
        -- Nightwatch banner, "Severed Dreams"
