- Lennier : "It was the year of fire"
- Zack Allan : "The year of destruction"
- G'Kar : "The year we took back what was ours"
- Lyta Alexander : "It was the year of rebirth"
- Vir Cotto : "The year of great sadness"
- Marcus Cole : "The year of pain"
- Delenn : "And the year of joy"
- Londo Mollari : "It was a new age"
- Dr. Franklin : "It was the end of history"
- Susan Ivanova : "It was the year everything changed"
- Michael Garibaldi : "The year is 2261"
- John Sheridan : "The place: Babylon 5"
It was the end of the earth year 2261 and it was the dawn of a new age for all of us. It was the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. The next 20 years would see great changes, great joy and great sorrow. The new alliance would waiver and crack, but in the end it would hold. Because what is built endures and what is loved endures. And Babylon5, Babylon5 endures.
(Ambassador Delenn)