Mudd: They regularly give us the choice to choose our pain. We can accept the beating ourselves or pass it on to our cellmates. It's our captors' way of keeping us from bonding.
Lorca: You seem conspicuously free from bruises.
Mudd: I've learned how to choose wisely.

The only crime I'm guilty of is loving too much.

Mudd

Typical Starfleet. No fun at all.

Mudd

Saru: There is an element aboard this ship that causes me to second guess myself. That cannot continue. I must remain clear-headed in pursuit of today's mission.
Computer: Alternative solution. Eliminate destructive element.
Saru: Not an option

My ship. My way.

Lorca

Tilly: You're stressed
Burnham: I barely have a job here. I've never been less busy.
Tilly: Then that gives you the time and space to actually process what you're going through emotionally.
Burnham: I don't like it.
Tilly: Really? I love feeling feelings.

Cornwell: With respect to the war effort, the fleet will pick up the slack caused by your absence.
Lorca: That's a lot of slack.

You discovered how to use the tardigrade for navigation. A victory that maybe isn't a victory anymore.

Dr. Culber

Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 5 Quotes

Cornwell: With respect to the war effort, the fleet will pick up the slack caused by your absence.
Lorca: That's a lot of slack.

You discovered how to use the tardigrade for navigation. A victory that maybe isn't a victory anymore.

Dr. Culber