It’s very important for the Federation President and I to present a united front, so I would never publicly contradict her. But I can take a page out of her own book, and encourage you as one of the most creative and adept officers in my service, to do everything you can to stop them. Within the parameters of the mission you were given. You find a way, Captain Burnham. That’s also an order.

Vance

Burnham: You don’t miss much, do you?
Saru: Only when sleep-deprived.

Burnham: Saru told me what happened at the subspace rift. How you didn’t want to stand down when he told you to?
Owosekun: I was totally out of bounds. I apologized to him.
Burnham: I know. But I also know how it feels to want to do something, anything. And how it feels when you can’t.

Stamets: You’re stressed.
Culber: I’m not stressed.
Stamets: You are also cleaning. Ergo, stressed.
Culber: Just clearing my head.

Pardon me if I mispronounce this, but ‘You were right.’

Tarka

There are varying degrees of loss, Lt. Commander Owosekun. And if you could feel the weight of mine, if only for a fleeting moment, you’d reconsider how much choice one has with regards to what comes out of it.

Tarka

Sacrifice is always heavy. Although doing it for the right reasons should help, it never does.

Tarka

I won’t deny what Book means to me, but I also won’t compromise my commitment to the safety of the Federation and everyone in it.

Burnham

Stamets: This is what we found at the species’ coordinates. Their technological capabilities are beyond our wildest assumptions.
Rillak: How do you conclude that from this? It looks like a … blob.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 8 Quotes

Burnham: You don’t miss much, do you?
Saru: Only when sleep-deprived.

It’s very important for the Federation President and I to present a united front, so I would never publicly contradict her. But I can take a page out of her own book, and encourage you as one of the most creative and adept officers in my service, to do everything you can to stop them. Within the parameters of the mission you were given. You find a way, Captain Burnham. That’s also an order.

Vance