- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: We found Taylor over there, outside her quarters. She was probably trying to get to her station. If she'd made it a few more meters, I wouldn't be trying to write this damned letter. Because every time I start, I hear myself saying what a fine young woman she was, how... how smart, and full of potential. And I realize... that I'm not thinking about Taylor at all. I'm thinking about Elizabeth. So many people dead! I tried not to see her any differently than the other seven million. So I've spent the last nine months, trying to pretend she was just another victim. But she's my sister, T'Pol. My baby sister!
- [last lines]
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. By the time you get this, Starfleet will have already told you about Jane. Since I worked so closely with her, I wanted to add my personal condolences. I have to confess, I've been puttin' off writin' this for a while. I convinced myself that... my duties on Enterprise took precedence. But the truth is... I didn't want to face the fact that someone so young, with so much promise... could just be gone. But I'm facing it now. And I find myself thinking how important she was to me. She was a great engineer. And she was my friend. She won't be forgotten.
- [he lays the picture of his sister on his bed, touching her image]
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Goodbye, Elizabeth.
- [first lines]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: We're in bad shape, I can't deny that; but we're still in one piece. Enterprise is a tough ship. She took more than anyone could ask her to and then some. And so have all of you. I wanted to say thank you. I only wish I could thank the eighteen crewmen who were lost. Like you, they understood how important our mission is, and they accepted the risks. We came into the Expanse, not knowing what we'd find, with no one to rely on but ourselves. But we're going to succeed. To accomplish our mission. For everyone on Earth who's relying on us - and for the eighteen.
- Dr. Phlox: The imaging chamber is still offline. Commander Tucker reassigned the repair team that was working here. He said the Armory was a higher priority. Huh - we'll see how low a priority I am the next time he burns his fingers on a plasma conduit.
- Taylor: The letter - how's it going?
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: I got as far as... "I regret to inform you."
- Taylor: That's a little dry, sir.
- Degra: The Reptilians are correct about one thing, Captain: you have an impressive facility for deception.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: [to Degra] I assume you were watching the attack - calculating the blast yields. Boy, you must've been pretty damned excited. I mean, that beam cut one hell of a swath through Florida. That's the name of one of the places you destroyed - Florida... Did you actually see the cities burning? The houses, the people being vaporized? I had a sister there!
- [due to her abuse of trellium, T'Pol has difficulties suppressing her emotions]
- Dr. Phlox: On Earth, there is a cautionary tale about the dangers of releasing a magical creature called a genie from a bottle. Once it's out, it's extremely difficult to put back in.
- [Tucker is crying over his dead sister]
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: I-I envy you Vulcans.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: Do you think that the loss of a colleague... or a friend doesn't affect us? It does. But if we give in to those emotions... they overwhelm us. You're the ones to be envied.
- [Archer and Phlox show the Xindi delegation their data about the Sphere Builder they had encountered earlier in the season]
- Degra: What caused his death?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Some kind of cellular degeneration. It started the moment he was taken off his ship.
- Degra: Perhaps your atmosphere was toxic to him.
- Dr. Phlox: I believe our universe was toxic to him.
- [Degra has been confronted by Tucker about his probe that had attacked Earth]
- Degra: I never expected to meet anyone who'd... suffered, because of what I'd done. At the time, I thought the attack was necessary to save my people.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I know. Believe it or not, we've had this conversation before.
- [Dr. Phlox has ordered Tucker to get six hours of sleep]
- Dr. Phlox: Well, Commander?
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: I can give you two hours.
- Dr. Phlox: I believe the number was six.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: If I'm gone longer than three, there may not be a ship here when I get back.
- Dr. Phlox: Four. Not a minute less.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Done. And remind me never to buy a car from you.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: You might find this useful - portable power cells.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Courtesy of our new Xindi friends? Damned neighborly of 'em.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I'm trying to help you. But I need to know my world isn't being destroyed while I'm doing it.
- Degra: The weapon won't be launched for several days. Show us your proof, and we'll do what we can to stop it.
- [Archer is showing Degra their scans from the interior of a sphere]
- Degra: These scans are remarkably detailed for a military vessel.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Enterprise was designed to be a ship of exploration.
- Degra: If we're successful, it will be again.
- [the dead Jane Taylor appears in Tucker's dream]
- Taylor: Why can't you look at me? Just... remember me. Is that asking so much?
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Yes.
- Taylor: Why?