- Varian: In Earth year 2230, I was a musician, and my work was very important to me because in my century musicians do nearly all the healing.
- Varian: We use music to relieve pain, to restore harmony and balance to the mind, to the emotions.
- Varian: In 2230 man on Earth has unlimited resources because he's tapped the greatest resource of all, which is his mind.
- Varian: Our machines are efficient, and silent.
- Varian: And our cities are built miles high so that the land outside is free to grow and sustain wildlife.
- Varian: The five races have melded into one.
- Varian: There's no more war, and no more countries;
- Varian: it's just Earth.
- Varian: We're productive, non-aggressive people.
- Varian: We waste nothing: time, imagination, energy, effort.
- Varian: Because we believe that these things are the very essence of life.
- Rhea: The sensations please you?
- [Rhea to Varian, Fred and Scott, responding to their expressing they are actively experiencing olfactory and gustatory memories upon their arrival in Atlantium]