Islanded in a Stream of Stars Quotes

Number Eight: [weakly, child-like] Thank you.
Tigh: Thank me? For what?
Number Eight: For the privilege of finally being able to meet my father before I die.
Tigh: You shouldn’t be thanking me. I spent most of my life trying to kill your kind.
Number Eight: Too much confusion. [death rattle, the Eight flatlines]

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[Bill Adama's speaking to Starbuck]
Adama: In other words, it’s our destiny to go after her, right? [Starbuck nods] Wrong. I’ve had it up to here with destiny, prophecy, with God or the Gods. Look where it’s left us. The ass end of nowhere; nearly half of our people are gone; Earth, a worthless cinder; and I can’t even walk down the halls of my ship without wondering if I’m gonna catch a bullet for getting us into this mess.

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Ellen Tigh: Whether you remember that life or not, at least you must understand what we were trying to do. We wanted to end the cycle of war between man and machine.
Saul Tigh: That was a bust.
Ellen: Yes, we failed, but we have a second chance now: Hera. Without her our children are going to die off one by one, just like they’re dying right now in Cottle’s sickbay.
Tigh: I had a child. He died.
Ellen: You’re wrong Saul. You have millions.