Daybreak: Part 2 Quotes

[The Galactica is about to jump to The Colony]
Adama: Just so there’ll be no misunderstandings later… Galactica has seen a lot of history, gone through a lot of battles. This will be her last. She will not fail us if we do not fail her. If we succeed in our mission, Galactica will bring us home. If we don’t… it doesn’t matter anyway.

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[Cavil has just taken Hera hostage]
Cavil: This thing is the key to my people’s survival and I am not leaving without it.
Baltar: Hera is not a thing. She’s a child and she holds the key to humanity’s survival as well.
Cavil: And how do you know that?
Baltar: I see angels. Angels in this very room. Now I may be mad, but that doesn’t mean that I am not right. Because there is another force at work here. There’s always has been. It’s undeniable. We’ve all experienced it. Everyone in this room has witnessed events that they can’t fathom, let alone explain away by rational means. Puzzles, deciphered in prophecy. Dreams given to a chosen few. Our loved ones dead … risen. Whether we want to call that God, or Gods, or some sublime inspiration, or a divine force that we can’t know or understand, it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter. It’s here, it exists, and our two destinies are entwined in its force.
Cavil: If that were true, and that is a big if, how do I know that this force has our best interests in mind? How do you know that God is on your side, Doctor?
Baltar: I don’t. God is not on any one’s side. God is a force of nature. Beyond good and evil. Good and evil, we created those. Want to break the cycle? Break the cycle of birth, death, re-birth, destruction, escape, death. That’s in our hands. In our hands only. Requires a leap of faith. Requires that we live in hope, not fear.
Cavil: If I give you this girl, that means the destruction of my people. How does our extinction fit into this picture that you want to believe in?

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[Bill Adama and Laura Roslin take their first flight on New Earth in a Raptor. They begin to admire the scenery]
Roslin: So much…life…
Adama: It’s a rich continent. More wildlife than all the 12 Colonies put together. Just looking for a quiet place for that cabin, maybe a garden. I don’t have much of a green thumb so I hope that you do-[sees Roslin dead; she passed away while Adama was speaking]

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[Baltar to Caprica Six on New Earth in unspoken reference about his father]
Baltar: You know, I know about farming.

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Virtual Six: Commercialism, decadence, technology run amok. Remind you of anything?
Virtual Baltar: Take your pick. Kobol, Earth, the real Earth before this one. Caprica before the fall.
Virtual Six: All of this has happened before.
Virtual Baltar: But the question remains, does all of this have to happen again?
Virtual Six: This time I bet no.
Virtual Baltar: You know, I’ve never known you to play the optimist. Why the change of heart?
Virtual Six: Mathematics. Law of averages. Let a complex system repeat itself long enough and eventually something surprising might occur. That too is in God’s plan.
Virtual Baltar: You know it doesn’t like that name. [Six looks defiant] Silly me. Silly, silly me.