You are curious, an explorer. So I am leaving you my most beloved possession, handed down through my family for centuries. My hope is that you will use it to continue to investigate the mysteries of the universe, both inside and out, and keep your eyes and heart open always.

Captain.
Number One.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
S03E05 • “Die Trying”

It is the secret wish of every parent that our children make right the mistakes we ourselves have made.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017 - )
“Personal log, Commander Michael Burnham. Stardate 865211.3. Automatic transmissions to U.S.S. Discovery’, wherever or whenever it might be. I’m sending you this message because you need to know what I’ve learned here. I hope that by some miracle you will receive it some day. 700 years after we left, dilithium supplies dried up. The Federation trialled alternative warp drive designs but none proved reliable. Then came the Burn. No one knows how or why it happened but in an instant, all dilithium went inert. Any ship with an active warp core detonated. The Federation, as we know it, disappeared overnight. It’s now just a shadow of its former self. We didn’t give everything for this version of the future and I’ll be damned if I let it stand. I’ve become a courier. I transport goods in exchange for dilithium to keep exploring sector by sector. Searching for clues as to what caused the burn. Answers that might help to bring the Federation together again. Wherever I go, look at you, my friends. I listen for any sign of your arrival but communication remains severely limited. Even if I did find you, I know it would be different, because I am different. But I will always love you. I’ve had to accept I may never see you again. You can love someone and still let them go. It feels like a dream, this world. A strange, terrible, beautiful dream. Luckily, I’m not alone on this journey. I found a friend in the truest sense of the word. This is my life now and I-…”

That wasn’t Federation protocol.

Star Trek: Discovery S03E04 “Forgot Me Not”

Do yourself a favor and take off that badge before we get to Requiem.

I keep having this, like, image of you. You’re holding a dandelion and you blow on it, and the seeds, they…go. You let us go, didn’t you?