Star Trek: Discovery
Thursdays on Paramount+Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 3: "Choose To Live" Quotes
Gabby Burnham: We believe J'Vani most likely is acting as a qalankhkan on behalf of a lost cause.
Vance: Most likely? You have doubts?
Gabby Burnham: No. I have faith.
Good will and leadership are two different things.
Rillak
I'm trying new things because my comfort zone has become uncomfortable. Or too comfortable. Unclear.
Tilly
Tilly: I do keep thinking about those cadets at the Academy and just how certain they are that they are exactly where they're supposed to be, y'know? And I used to have that.
Saru: Clarity of purpose can be difficult to achieve.
Gray: I'll finally be a part of the world again. No more looking in from the outside. Feeling invisible.
Adira: The world has no idea what it's been missing.
Guardian Xi: You must accept the possibility that you could be lost.
Gray: Tell him that I'm lost without this. I've been living in an in-between place for too long already. I have to try.
My mom and I didn't really get along very well. She didn't really like children touching her, needing things from her, or actually generally being around her. But if she was here right now, I would just ... I would give her the biggest hug.
Tilly
Sometimes the most important thing we can do is reach for one another.
Saru
This was not the path I expected, but this is where I'm needed.
J'Vani
In everyday life, a path's end can be harder to recognize. You must be willing to look inside yourself with absolute candor.
Gabby Burnham
I'd have preferred a different outcome. But it's hard to argue with the President trusting in Ni'Var as we ask them to trust in us.
Vance
Vance: Think of us as an orchestra. You're first chair violin with the showy, challenging solos. I'm the drum section, setting the pace, providing backbone. She's the conductor. When she signals us, we play. It's not our job to know if the cellist is drunk, or the woodwinds and brass are at war. We each have a part, and we must all trust that she knows the symphony.
Burnham: That was a lot of analogy.
Vance: Well, they pay me by the letter.
