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"You were raised by the Corps, clothed by the Corps. We are your father
 and your mother."
        -- Bester, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"It doesn't matter.  I caught it, just before he died.  Betrayed by his
final thoughts.  Babylon 5."
  -- Bester, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Millions for defense, but not a penny for tribute?"
"No taxation without representation.  Give me liberty or give me death!"
'Absofragginlutely!  Bunch of butt-scratching, hand-wringing, penny
pinching, let's-stick-it-to-the-new-guy pinheads! All of them.  Thirty
credits a week.  I say let 'em cut back on those expense account lunches,
then come talk to me.  Right?'
"Right."
'Yeah.'
"You're doomed, you know."
  -- Franklin and Sheridan, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"For some time we've been aware of an underground railroad smuggling
unregistered telepaths away from Earth to the outer colonies where the
Corps can't reach them."
'Well, so far I don't see a problem.'
  -- Bester and Ivanova, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"It's damn ironic, isn't it? The Corps got started because we were afraid
    of telepaths and now they're victims of our own fears. We took away
    every right they had and shoved them into a big, black box called
    Psi-Corps. Now, look at them. Black uniforms, jack boots, giving
    orders. Some days they scare the hell out of me."
'Yeah, if you ask me, we created our own monster. Maybe we deserve it.'
        -- Garibaldi and Sheridan, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"You're so cute when you're worried about investigating someone close
 to you."
        -- Ivanova (to Garibaldi), "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"I think such creatures are an attempt by the universe to make sure that
 we never take ourselves too seriously."
        -- Delenn (re: cats), "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"We believe that no race can be truly intelligent without laughter."
        -- Delenn, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"You're so cute when you're worried about investigating someone close to
you."
  -- Ivanova, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"He's been in my mind twice today. Why isn't he seeing this? Was that
 the other part of the gift?"
        -- Talia Winters, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Got something we can jimmy this thing with?"
'I already tried it on my door.  Set off the sprinklers, scrambled the
lock codes on both sides of the hall and scared the hell out of Security.'
  -- Sheridan and Ivanova, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"How many Minbari does it take to screw in a light bulb?"
'I don't know, sir. How many Minbari does it take to screw in a light bulb?'
"None. They always surrender right before they finish the job and they
    never tell you why."
        -- Sheridan and Ivanova, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Knock, knock."
'Who's there?'
"Kosh."
'Kosh who?'
"Gesundheit."
        -- Sheridan and Ivanova, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Were you like this when you were married?"
'Huh? Yeah.'
"The woman was a saint."
        -- Ivanova and Sheridan, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"The Corps is here to protect you."
'I don't believe that and neither do you.'
"That's not true."
'It will be. Very soon. You're almost there.'
"Almost where? What do you want from me?"
'I want you...to understand.'
        -- Talia Winters and Lurker, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Smooth. You're getting good at this. Keep working on it. One of these
 days I might even be convinced that you're human."
        -- Garibaldi (to Bester), "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Being in the Corps served a function long ago. Now its something else.
 I know it, you know it."
        -- Lurker (to Talia Winters), "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Back on Earth I heard things. The kind of things you're not supposed to
 hear about. Genetic manipulation, breeding telepaths against their will,
 so called relocation camps for rogue telepaths that aren't much better
 than concentration camps."
        -- Dr. Franklin, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"I trust my staff, but the Psi-Corps has a knack for intimidation."
        -- Dr. Franklin, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"You want to keep us frightened and isolated. Not just from normals, but
 from each other. That's the real reason we wear gloves, isn't it? To
 keep us apart. But what happens when the gloves come off?"
        -- Talia Winters (to Bester), "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"If Bester scans you he'll... Can you keep him out?"
'I think so. Jason's little gift.'
"He gave you more than you know. What we did back there...shouldn't have
    worked. Not with that Psi-Cop. You tipped the balance. I felt it
    when we were joined. You're more than you think you are."
'Then what am I?'
"The future."
        -- Lurker and Talia Winters, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"They know we're on to them.  Why else would they try to kill me?"
'Is this a multiple choice question?'
  -- Bester and Ivanova, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"You've got two bodies to start with.  Make the best of them."
  -- Bester to Garibaldi, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Would it interest you to know that I'm married, Mr. Garibaldi?  That I
have a five year old daughter?  That on Sundays when I'm back home we pack a
picnic lunch and go out under the dome on Siria Planum and watch the stars
come out?  Hardly the description of a monster."
'Smooth.  You're getting good at this.  Keep working on it.  One of these
days I might even be convinced that you're human.'
  -- Bester and Garibaldi, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"The Corps is mother, the Corps is father.  I know where my loyalties lie."
  -- Talia Winters to Bester, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"I'm not saying what I'm saying.  I'm not saying what I'm thinking.  As a
matter of fact, I'm not *thinking* what I'm thinking."
  -- Sheridan, "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"Captain, either you snore or last night we had a HELL of a breach
    in the hull."
        -- Ivanova (to Sheridan), "A Race Through Dark Places"
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"I hope you'll give some thought to what I asked the other day. I was
 informed that Sheridan would be supportive of the Corps. I'm...I'm
 disappointed by his attitude. You won't have a problem keeping an eye
 on him, will you?"
        -- Bester (to Talia Winters), "A Race Through Dark Places"
%%"I'm deducting 60 credits per week from the budget set aside to maintain
combat readiness and applying it against the rent."
'On what grounds?'
"On the grounds that I'm not ready to fight anybody until I've had a
decent night's sleep in my own damn bed.  You got a problem with that?"
'No, none whatsoever.  I rather like the idea of Earth Central paying rent
to itself.  It has a certain symmetry.'
  -- Sheridan and Ivanova, "A Race Through Dark Places"