- Sheridan's Secretary: Mr. President, the ISN reporter is asking to see you... again.
- John Sheridan: Tell her I'm dead and throw her down the stairs.
- Sheridan's Secretary: Sir?
- John Sheridan: So any of the old gang coming in for this shindig?
- Colonel Elizabeth Lochley: Some. Talked to Garibaldi, he's gonna try to come, but he's dealing with some situation on Mars.
- John Sheridan: And Stephen?
- Colonel Elizabeth Lochley: Oh, I thought you heard. Dr. Franklin went with G'Kar, exploring beyond the Rim. You know how he is, he'll take any chance to explore new territory before anyone can get there.
- John Sheridan: Heh. That's too bad. I'll miss him.
- Prince Regent Dius Vintari: Anyway, Emperor Mollari thought I'd be safer with you. He said "I would trust Sheridan with my life."
- John Sheridan: Well, that's -...
- Prince Regent Dius Vintari: Then he corrected himself and said he would trust you with *my* life, because he had plans for next week. Then he left the room, laughing.
- John Sheridan: [chuckles] Oh, he always did have a sense of humor.
- Galen: There is hope, but it is at best a slim hope.
- John Sheridan: Yeah, well I've never known hope when it wasn't on a diet.
- John Sheridan: And where's your camera?
- ISN reporter: [points to a button on her jacket] Right here. My director said it would help make sure people would look at the camera... a lot.
- ISN reporter: [as they're about to enter quantum space] Wouldn't normal hyperspace be good enough to...
- John Sheridan: No, no, no. We'd never make it in time. As I was saying, the first time some folks make the jump to quantum space they just puke their guts out... fouling themselves in the most awful ways you can imagine.
- ISN reporter: Mr. Presiden, I - I
- John Sheridan: Here we go.
- [the ship enters quantum space]
- John Sheridan: The problem isn't that I only give two interviews a year Miss Chambers. The *problem* is that so few reporters ever seem to come back for seconds.
- [pause]
- John Sheridan: Was that a new dress?
- Father Cassidy: Are you sure you know what you're doing?
- Colonel Elizabeth Lochley: No, but it's never stopped me before.
- [last lines of "Over Here"]
- Colonel Elizabeth Lochley: Personal log, Colonel Elizabeth Lochley. Every few days, a new Starliner arrives from Earth, Mars, or some damn place. And among the passengers are always some who have never been in space before and they'll stand at a porthole, looking out at the infinite horizon, at the intersection of what's known and what's not. And comment on how cold and dark it is in space. They're wrong. When I look out into space, into the sea of stars, I see a billion times a billion lights, each calling out to someone: "Remember me, my child." Each of them whispering to someone, "Come home." My friends back on Earth don't understand why I'm still here when I could be at a comfy desk job or commanding a warship. I'm here because this is my home now and because when the darkness comes it's good to know you're standing in the one place where the lights are always on.
- [first lines of "Over There"]
- Man: [over radio] Mr. President, your ship is here.
- John Sheridan: Be right there.
- John Sheridan: Ten years. Ten years since the world changed. Ten years since I changed. Ten years of press conferences, politics, and arm-twisting. Every day, someone points me to the big picture. Every day, I wonder if I'm missing the small picture, the details.
- [last lines]
- John Sheridan: Ten years. Ten years since the world changed. Ten years since I changed. But it feels like I never left the place. Babylon 5 is a place of beginnings and endings. I wonder which this will be.
- [first lines]
- G'Kar: [voiceover] I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us, and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we have gone, our voices will linger in these walls.
- Simon Burke: Get out of my head. No!