I am done worrying about the future. I want to help people now.

Boimler

Most heroes I’ve seen are just pretending half the time. There’s this one guy I remember. He said to me, ‘I always pretended to be someone I wanted to be until finally I became that someone or he became me.’

Pelia

Spock: I find myself curious about chance. Do you feel lucky?
Boimler: Uh, no. Not at all.

Pike: And there’s no other source of heronium anywhere in the quadrant?
Una: None. And there hasn’t been for over a hundred years.
Mariner: Can’t we just cook some up?
Boimler: Could you please just not?
Mariner: Sorry.
Spock: The ensign is correct. We could attempt to synthesize heronium ourselves.
Mariner: Hot Spock agrees with me.

La’an: One time traveler is a security threat. Two is…
Una: … a disaster.
Mariner: Thought you said they were cool.

Chapel: Relationships, at least for humans, can be quantum things. Like Schrodinger’s Cat. They exist or they don’t depending on who’s observing them.
Spock: That is…
Chapel: … not how quantum superposition actually works? Yeah, I know. It’s a metaphor, Spock. A messy one. Just like whatever this is.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Quotes

Pike: Send someone else. You don't want me in command of that ship.
April: You're getting us confused. You don't want you in command.

No matter how many stars there are in the sky. No matter how many galaxies swirl beyond our own. No matter the mathematical probabilities or the number of times we say, 'We are not alone in the universe,' our first visit from the stars is always the province of children's stories and science fiction. First contact with aliens always lives squarely in the impossible. First contact is just a dream until one day, it isn't.

Una