Babylon 5 (TV Series)

Learning Curve (1998)

Mira Furlan: Delenn

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Delenn : I'm going to pretend that you were going to tell me this sooner or later.

  President John Sheridan : I was just looking for the right time.

  Delenn : Ten seconds after you thought of it would have been good.

  President John Sheridan : Yeah. Yeah, maybe so.

• [Tennier is a Ranger in training, and he has been beaten almost to death. One of his teachers declares "Mora'dum," which means the application of terror] 

  Delenn : Captain, this is not about revenge.

  Captain Elizabeth Lochley : [sarcastically]  Oh, then what is this about?

  Delenn : Terror.

  Captain Elizabeth Lochley : So, what kind of terror are we talking about here, Delenn?

  Delenn : The kind that cripples; the kind that destroys. Not from without, but from within. As soon as he can stand, whether he is fully healed or not, Tennier will prepare to face his terror. Those who harmed him now have power over him. He must take back that power or he will never be whole again. We will go with him, and bring him to the point of his terror. And then, he will face it.

  Captain Elizabeth Lochley : But if he isn't fully healed, he could die in the effort.

  Delenn : As Anla'shok, we choose to do that which frightens us, knowing that there are no guarantees. He may lose; we cannot help him.

  Captain Elizabeth Lochley : Then he will stand alone.

  Delenn : At the end, Captain, we all stand alone.

• Delenn : [Discussing a Pak'ma'ra ranger recruit]  If the Pak'ma'ra cannot learn to be what we think they should be then perhaps we should learn to use them for what they are.

  Durhan : Well, we've already considered using them for garbage disposal but there are some things that even a Pak'ma'ra won't eat.

  Turval : We think.

  Durhan : We think, yes. We haven't actually discovered what that is yet.

• Delenn : As Anla'shok we *choose* to do what frightens us.