- Alex Kamal: Holden says that station is gonna wipe us all out unless we make this all happen now.
- Roberta 'Bobbie' W. Draper: I was with him in that thing. It did something to him. I'm not even sure it's the Holden you know that came back.
- Alex Kamal: He's running around, putting his life on the line trying to save everyone. That's the Holden I know.
- [last lines]
- James 'Jim' R. Holden: You haven't been straight with me, Miller. There's something you're not telling me. Oh, really? After all the pain and death you just flip a switch and we're free to go. Just like that. Nice try. I think you were trying to open the Ring gates from the beginning. That was the plan. And what I want to know now is, are we - I mean humanity - are we part of that plan? I don't believe you did it out of the goodness of your heart. It was never about helping us. We know all of our divisions, all of our hatreds. They didn't just magically disappear the moment you set us free. You've given us a new frontier: 1,300 habitable systems on the other side of those Rings. You know we're gonna go. We won't be able to resist. It's gonna be another blood-soaked gold rush. Am I scared? Yeah, you're goddamn right I'm scared. And I think you know why. When you connected me to the Station, I saw something. The civilization that built the Rings is gone. Wiped out. What could have killed them?
- Joe Miller: That's what I'd like to know. Gonna need a ride.
- Reverend Doctor Anna Volovodov: Hate is a burden. You don't have to carry it with you.
- Amos Burton: I'm not gonna let anyone hurt you.
- Amos Burton: You're pissed. I get it. You want me to feel bad that you're angry. You want me to feel guilty that Cohen is dead. But I don't. And I never will, so let's just skip the bullshit to were you agree to help.
- Monica Stuart: Help you do what?
- Reverend Doctor Anna Volovodov: The station is going to destroy us. All of us. Holden knows how to stop it. You want answers. We have them, and they will save lives. We need you to get the word out.
- Monica Stuart: [looking back at Amos] You should'a led with that...
- Jim Holden: We're on the brink right now because we keep reacting to things we don't understand. We scared, we're hurt, and we're reaching for violence cuz we can't figure out what to do. Just this once, can't we try something else?
- Commander Klaes Ashford: Even if the station doesn't kill all of us, now others will come through the ring. That is our nature. They won't be able to resist. Anybody who has had a child understands that it is their duty to leave the world better than they found it. Even if we all survive, we're leaving behind an unexploded bomb. Sooner or later someone will set it off.
- Naomi Nagata: If Holden is right, you will be the one setting it off.