Includes lines of dialogue spoken by or about the character of Stephen Franklin.
Quotes by Stephen Franklin[]
Conversations with Stephen Franklin[]
- Stephen Franklin: Is it always this busy around here?
- Susan Ivanova: Yes. We like it that way.
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- Susan Ivanova: From the stars we came and to the stars we return, from now until the end of time. We therefore commit this body to the deep.
- Stephen Franklin: It's all so brief, isn't it? Typical human lifespan is almost a hundred years, but it's barely a second compared to what's out there. It wouldn't be so bad if life didn't take so long to figure out. Seems you just start to get it right and then - it's over.
- Susan Ivanova: Doesn't matter. If we lived two-hundred years we'd still be human. We'd still make the same mistakes.
- Stephen Franklin: You're a pessimist.
- Susan Ivanova: I'm Russian, doctor. We understand these things.