What happened before no longer exists. What will happen next has not yet been written. We have only now. That is our greatest advantage. What we do now, here, in this moment has the power to determine the future. Instinct and logic, together. That is how we will defeat Control in the battle to come. We will find a way. All of history can change with our next move.

Spock

Gabrielle: Time's not on our side, Michael.
Burnham: Mom, whether you like it or not, I'm going to save you from this. Mostly, I'm going to save you from yourself.

Georgiou: What I'm about to tell you is the first real test of our relationship, Mr. Tyler. Betray me and I'll live long enough to hunt you down and kill you slowly. Understood?
Tyler: I've been killed before, Georgiou. You're just telling me I'll have time to enjoy the scenery.

Georgiou: So we've met.
Gabrielle: Most people say 'I'm pleased we met'
Georgiou: Most people are predictable.

I'm Terran. Self-sacrifice is not our way.

Georgiou

Gabrielle: Are you here to kill me, Philippa?
Georgiou: Would I tell you if that were the case?

I like science.

Spock

There is only the bigger picture now. Nothing else.

Gabrielle Burnham

People think time is fragile. Precious. Beautiful. Sand in an hourglass and all that. But it's not. Time is savage. It always wins.

Gabrielle Burnham

Time is a living thing. It has gravity and will and it's pulling the A.I. closer.

Gabrielle Burnham

Einstein couldn't have been more right. Time's motion depends on the observer, on the action. The people I was able to move from Earth to Terralysium as they call my planet are thriving. They're survival means that time is fluid. The future can be changed. Maybe the past as well.

Gabrielle Burnham

Faith is not a strategy.

Leland

Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 11 Quotes

Leland: I am my own man.
Command: A man who has demonstrated with his every action a willingness to operate from several different truths simultaneously which has allowed you to make questionable moral decisions while avoiding the destructive power of human guilt. You believe in the ends more than the means.

You woke. That was sooner than expected.

Spock