- Dr. Gaius Baltar: I gave the access codes to the Cylons. They wiped out most of humanity. Of course, I didn't know what I was doing at the time exactly, but that's what I did. And when I realized what I had done, the magnitude, in that moment I was saved. I was loved. By God. Looking back, I think I was rewarded.
- President Laura Roslin: Rewarded?
- Dr. Gaius Baltar: Pythia talks about a flood. Wiped out most of humanity. Nobody blames the flood. The flood is a force of nature. Through the flood mankind is rejuvenated, born again. I was another flood, you see. I blamed myself. I blamed myself. But God made the man that made that choice. God made us all perfect. And in that thought, all my guilt flies away. Flies away like a bird.
- Admiral William Adama: [reading to Laura in sickbay] I dug into the stump and pulled rocks from the ground until my fingers bled. I collected seeds from the few fruits that the island offered and planted them in long, straight furrows, like the ranks of soldiers. When I finished, I looked at what I had done. I didn't see a garden. I saw a scar. This island had saved my life, and I had done it no service.
- Dr. Gaius Baltar: [Talking to the Cylon Centurion] There was this dog, see, and the master had placed a bit of food on the edge of its snout. And the dog had to wait until he was told he could eat it.
- [the Centurion tilts his head]
- Dr. Gaius Baltar: I know. Pathetic. Pathetic, isn't it?