I'm going to see this mission through. I meant what I said. Everybody comes home.

Burnham

I have to bring everyone home.

Burnham

When I took command of this vessel, you were a crew of polite scientists. Now, I look at you. You are fierce warriors all. No other Federation vessel would stand a chance of pulling this off. Just us.

Lorca

Lorca: We have to win this war. But then...
Stamets: Then, the journey continues.

Lorca: You showed me this invention could take us to places we never dreamed we could reach. This is far beyond my preconceptions of time and space.
Stamets: Captain, I didn't know you cared.

I know what drives you, Lieutenant. You're not just a scientist, you're an explorer. You could've stayed in a lab on Earth but you chose to go where no one has gone before.

Lorca

If you're planning on disobeying a direct order, it's best not to advertise the fact.

Lorca

We are born afraid, we Kelpians. It's how we survive. As such, my whole life, I have never known a moment without fear. The freedom of it. Not one moment. Until Pahvo.

Saru

Burnham: Is this what harmony and balance look like? Where is the peace you say you found here?
Saru: You have taken it from me. You won't stop taking!
Burnham: I would give anything for a second, a millisecond, of peace but until the war is over, none of us can have it.

Tyler: You don't just forget something like [seven months of torture.] You can't.
Saru: What's the other option? Allowing it to transform you into something worse than those who did this?
Tyler: If it means I can make them suffer like they made me suffer, then yes.

The Pahvons have found a way to exist in perfect balance, in absolute harmony, with their world. They have already achieved everything we say we seek through our exploratory and diplomatic efforts. The only answers we require for the advancement of all species is here and it's ours for the taking.

Saru

Something has been happening to me. One minute, I know where I am, who you are, what I'm doing and then... all of a sudden, what I know changes. It gets jumbled.

Stamets