That is the closest you’ve come to killing us all, and that is really saying something.

Reno

I need to remind you that wherever you find a new home, you’ll be arriving as a refugee, seeking shelter and grace. I hope you find a more just society than the one you had a hand in creating.

Burnham

Stamets: Tarka is a genius, no question. But he scares me, too. He is so single-minded about his work. He cares about literally nothing else.
Culber: Hm.
Stamets: Actually feels a little familiar.

Stamets: Maybe that’s why I fell in love with you. We have the same pathology.
Culber: Making you either a total narcissist or a glutton for punishment.
Stamets: A little Column A, a little Column B.

Book: You know who’s behind the DMA, don’t you?
Tarka: You say that with such confidence.
Book: A man only gets as close as you did when he has some idea what’s over the cliff.

Tarka: So much anger. No place to put it.
Book: You don’t know me.
Tarka: No, but I know anger. It’s a wonderfully productive emotion.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 5 Quotes

Burnham: They need to be evacuated immediately.
Magistrate: Why? They’re criminals. Six offenders chosen to demonstrate the costs of misbehavior. An Emerald Chain tradition. It has proven most effective in preventing crime.
Book: Doesn’t matter who they are. They don’t deserve to die there.

Saru: Natural phenomena do not disappear and reappear elsewhere.
Book: Doesn’t that violate the laws of physics?
Stamets: Every law we know of, that is.