- Admiral Cornwell: Love is a choice... and one doesn't just make that choice once. One makes it again and again.
- Michael Burnham: What if it doesn't work?
- Spock: Were you to perish, I would be charged with killing a Starfleet officer again. It would therefore be ideal if you survived.
- Michael Burnham: Such a way with words, Spock.
- Paul Stamets: [of Airiam] She said once, without a hint of self-pity, that the paths of trillions of particles had been forever changed, simply because she and her husband smiled at each other. She was happy that together, they made the universe a little less orderly.
- Philippa Georgiou: [Talking to Stamets and referring to the Paul Stamets from her universe] You are savvier than he was.
- Dr. Hugh Culber: Um, you-you do know that he's gay, right?
- Philippa Georgiou: Don't be so binary. In my universe, he was pan sexual, and we had DEFCON-level fun together. And you too, Papi.
- Dr. Hugh Culber: Did you just call me "Papi"?
- Paul Stamets: Uh, well, in my universe, and pretty much any universe I can possibly imagine, I'm gay. And so is he.
- Philippa Georgiou: Of course you are. I'm glad we all see what's right in front of us. And now, if you'll excuse me, I need to talk to Captain Pike about setting a course for Essof Four.
- Sylvia Tilly: [in a hushed voice] What just happened?
- Paul Stamets: What's that look on your face?
- Philippa Georgiou: I was thinking you may be smarter than the Stamets I knew. You're also much more neurotic. Have you considered medication?