- Soren: [some sounds coming from outside are heard] Something's going on is out there.
- Dr. Catherine Halsey: You are aware there is a war.
- Soren: In the outer colonies.
- Dr. Catherine Halsey: That's the thing about war. It never stays where you put it.
- Master Chief: The corporal's right, ma'am. This location is not secure. We're on our way to FLEETCOM. We can take you with us.
- Jade: And who'll look after all my stuff?
- Jade: Ma'am, all of this doesn't matter.
- Jade: That's an Underwood standard portable. Twentieth century. Hartford, Connecticut. That's Earth, dear. It's seen six wars. Fought communism, fascism, all the isms in between. And it survived. Now, if that doesn't matter...
- Master Chief: The Covenant is on the way, ma'am.
- Jade: People nowadays talk like nothing matters. Who are we? If nothing matters, then we don't matter.
- Talia Perez: Ma'am, they're gonna glass the planet. Nothing will survive. You will not survive. Do you understand? Do you understand? Ma'am, do you understand?
- Master Chief: She understands.