- Londo Mollari: No. I said where you go, I go. It's become a matter of principle.
- G'Kar: You picked a terrible moment in your social evolution to develop principles. Perhaps you can start with something simpler. The moral equivalent of the opposable thumb, for instance.
- [last lines]
- Regent: And there was something else they told me to do. And I did it just a few moments before I came to see you. The last thing I will ever have to do for them. And in a way I'm glad it's over.
- Londo Mollari: What did they ask you to do?
- Regent: To send away all the ships guarding Centauri Prime on a false emergency and turn off the planetary defense network.
- Londo Mollari: No.
- Regent: I think I'll stay and watch from here. The sky should be lighting up any time now. I imagine it will be quite beautiful.
- Londo Mollari: No! - - No!
- President John Sheridan: If you run into trouble--
- Delenn: I'll walk out of it. More dignified that way.
- [first lines]
- Capt. Elizabeth Lochley: Personal journal, Captain Elizabeth Lochley, addendum. The Centauri war continues to spiral out of control. The threat of retaliation has already reached Babylon 5. Over a half dozen Centauri have been murdered in just the last three days.
- Londo Mollari: I couldn't stay there a moment longer. And the smell's not the worst of it, it was the burning in my eyes. I think my buttons are melting.