Quotes List

"That might be the most important thing to understand about Humans. It's the unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions."

"I suppose you want the office."

"I thought I'd say hello first, and then take the office. But we can do this in any order you'd like."

"I can't unite my people until I know the Prophets have been warned. You will find the Temple. Not for Bajor, not for the Federation, but for your own pagh. It is, quite simply, Commander, the journey you have always been destined to take."

"I love the Bajorans. Such a deeply spiritual culture, but they make a dreadful ale. Never trust ale from a god-fearing people, or a Starfleet commander that has one of your relatives in jail."

"Ah, an open mind! The essence of intellect!"

"Commander, laws change depending on who's making them. Cardassians one day, Federation the next... but justice is justice."

"Dog… fellow… distance."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

"Waylink complete…WAYLINK!!"

"Chief, I thought you were going to fix the replicators!"

"Oh, you're absolutely right, sir! I knew I'd forgotten something! Can't have the operations chief sitting around daydreaming when there's work to be done, can we? Oh ho ho ho, I'll get right on it!"

"You know the old saying, a man who is always looking over his shoulder is waiting for trouble to find him."

"Enterprise? Oh yes, weren't you one of the little people?"

"A friend dropped me off."

"I'll never understand this obsession with accumulating material wealth. You spend your entire life plotting and scheming to acquire more and more possessions, until your living areas are bursting with useless junk. Then you die, your relatives sell everything, and start the cycle all over again."

"A suit of the finest Andorian silk? A ring of pure Surax? A complete set of Tanesh pottery? How about a latinum plated bucket to sleep in?"

"An abysmal place, Earth. Oh, don't get me wrong! A thousand years ago it had character - the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, Watergate. Now it's just mind-numbingly dull."

"Still chasing your own tail? Picard and his lackeys would have solved all this techno-babble hours ago. No wonder you're not commanding a starship!"

"I am one hundred years old. I do not have time to squander listening to superfluous language. In short, I intend to be in here until supper, not senility."

"Are you really willing to commit suicide over something done in another lifetime?"

"It's good to want things."

"Even things you can't have?"

"Especially things I can't have."

"One man's priceless is another man's worthless."

"Going through my own adolescence was difficult enough. Survivng my son's is going to take a miracle."

"There is no profit in kindness."

"They don't know how to do anything else but die... they've forgotten how to live."

"The ninth rule of acquisition clearly states that opportunity plus instinct equals profit."

"When I have a problem I can't figure out, I ask my dad."

"I ask my dad, too."

"It helps, doesn't it?"

"Yes."

"No."

"The Cardassians probably told you you didn't stand a chance either. Did you surrender?"

"No."

"Why do you expect me to act any different than you?"

"Too many people dream of places they'll never go, wish for things they'll never have... instead of paying adequate attention to their real lives."

"Nothing makes them happy. They are dedicated to being unhappy, and to spreading that unhappiness wherever they go. They are ambassadors of unhappy!"

"You are not at all what I expected."

"No one's ever paid me a greater compliment."

When it comes to picnics, the only thing that really matters is the company.

"I've been friends with Benjamin Sisko for many years... In many ways, he's like a son. Or a nephew... Some kind of close relative anyway..."

"Did you really build that?"

"Apparently so."

"Why?"

"I have no idea."

"Nothing justifies genocide."

"I'm a teacher. My responsibility is to expose my students to knowledge, not to hide it from them."

"Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies."

"If you want to change the government, Minister Jaro, you vote to change it. You don't sneak up from behind it with a dagger."

"Dying lets you off the hook. The question is, are you willing to live for your people? Live the role they want you to play? That's what they need from you right now."

"He couldn’t find a cup of water if you dropped him in a lake but, even if he is an idiot, he’s still my brother."

"It’s such a pleasure doing business with Klingons."

"There's nothing quite so depressing as a winning streak that won't stop streaking."

"He's really very gentle."

"Gentle was bred out of these Cardassians a long time ago."

"You know... that was a very ugly thing you just said."

"I only said-"

"I don't need to hear it twice."

"I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences."

"Truth, Doctor, is in the eye of the beholder. I never tell the truth because I don't believe there is such a thing. That's why I prefer the straight line simplicity of cutting cloth."

"I dreamt about exploring the stars as a child. And I wasn't going to allow any... 'handicap', not a chair, not a Cardassian station... to stop me from chasing that dream."

"It never hurts to suck up to the boss."

"No, he's right. If something goes wrong, it'll be my fault!"

"Then you're going to need help, brother."

"Yes!"

"Someone to serve as your consultant during negotiations."

"Yes!"

"Someone like me."

"No."

"That's because you don't socialise with them the way I do. Looking back over seven lifetimes, I can't think of a single race I've enjoyed more."

"Did anyone ever tell you that you have very strange taste?"

"You know he once convinced me to go up to a holosuite with him. Turns out he recreated the bedroom I slept in as a child. He overheard me describing it to Kira. Of course, most of the details were wrong, but it was a very sweet gesture, up until he tried to kiss me."

"That sounds like Quark."

"I don't care what anybody says, I love him."

"So do I."

"You really do, don't you?"

"What?"

"Love Quark. Don't bother trying to deny it. I've seen the way you look at him."

"Please, keep your voice down."

"Does he know?"

"He doesn't even know I'm a female."

"You're a woman?!"

"Actually, I just stopped by to return this."

"Why? Is something wrong with it?"

"No, it's lovely. I just can't accept it."

"Then I suppose a night of wild passionate romance is out of the question?"

"That's right."

"Just thought I'd ask."

"Justice, as the Humans like to say, is blind."

"Let there be light!"

"It's hard to keep a secret in Ops, especially when you've been shouting at a monitor for the past two days."

"Thought I kept it down to an angry whisper."

"Let's just say your voice carries."

"What's that smell?"

"Ask him!"

"Me? You're the one who stinks!"

"This isn't over yet, Big Ears!"

"Kick his butt!"

"I'm beginning to think that the scientific method and police method have a lot in common."

"She enjoys it. She actually gets some kind of perverse pleasure out of it. One of these days I'm going to stop chasing her... and then we'll see."

"I'm very proud of you, Odo. Do you know that?"

"I never thought he could do it. Integrate successfully. If you could have seen him before. He was so ill-prepared to be on his own. I was sure he'd come back. I told him when he left, he'd come back, and all these years I was so certain that eventually one day he'd show up at the lab. Well, I guess I'd better get used to the idea he's not going to."

"Marriage is the greatest adventure of them all. It's filled with pitfalls and setbacks and mistakes, but it's a journey worth taking."

"Well, your sense of humor seems normal enough."

"Cough."

"How's the sex life?"

"What about her?"

"Perhaps one day you'll feel the hand of God resting on your shoulder."

"There is only one thing I want from you. Find something you love, then do it the best you can."

"Just because we don't understand a life form doesn't mean that we can destroy it."

"So, how well does she know you? Just enough to dislike you, or well enough to realy hate you?"

"A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye."

"How did you get in here?"

"I am Koloth."

"That doesn't answer my question."

"Yes, it does."

"This time, we will reach the Albino! And when we do, I will cut his heart out and eat it, while he watches me with his dying breath!"

"The Korvat colony. First day of negotiations, I walked out on you, right in the middle of that long-winded speech of yours. You should have seen the look on your face. Nobody had ever had the kajunpak't to show their back to the great Kang before Curzon did."

"I almost killed Curzon that day."

"Of course you should come! The splendor of fighting and killing! A bloodbath in the cause of vengeance! Who wouldn't want to come!"

"Look upon your executioners, killer of children!"

"He happens to be brilliant, his brain is twice the size of yours and mine."

"I know, I've seen it."

"It's not his fault Gallamites have transparent skulls."

"Education is power. Joy is vulnerability."

"I'm glad to see you had no trouble finding us, Ben. It seems that one disaster after another keeps bringing us back together again."

"On Earth there is no poverty, no crime, and no war. You look out the window and you see Paradise. Well, it's easy to be a saint in Paradise but the Maquis do not live in Paradise."

"That man has a rare gift for obfuscation."

"Bartender!"

"He's just been arrested."

"Arrested? What a damn shame. Who wants a drink on the house?"

"We've got ships from here to New Bajor out looking for you. Where have you been?"

"Through the Looking-Glass, Commander. But it's good to be back."

"Truth is not always easy to recognise."

"I'm no angel, but I try to live every day as the best Human being I know how to be. I need my little girl to wake up in the morning and look up at me and see a man she can respect."

"Being accused of a crime is not a disgrace, Chief. Some of the great figures of history have shared the honour with you."

"The offender, Miles O'Brien, human, officer of the Federation Starfleet, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting seditious acts against the state. The sentence is death. Let the trial begin!"

"Tell me, Mister O'Brien, now that we are at peace, do you have a warm place in your heart for your Cardassian neighbours? Or are you deeply prejudiced against Cardassians? Do you not, in fact, hate Cardassians? Have you not on several occasions publicly stated your opposition to the treaty because, and I quote, 'the bloody Cardies can't be trusted'?"

"Once again the Cardassian system of jurisprudence has worked to protect it's people. A guilty man has been brought to justice. But, never let it be said that there is no room in this system for compassion. I sense in Mister O'Brien, a man with strong family ties, the potential for rehabilitation. And I'm sure he has gained a new appreciation of Cardassian law through this difficult process. Therefore, I am pleased, in the spirit of furthering Cardassian-Federation relations, to hereby set aside the verdict and to release Mister O'Brien into the custody of his Commander, Benjamin Sisko."

"You have no idea what's begun here."

"I've brought back a little surprise for the Dominion."

"No changeling has ever harmed another."

"A brave Ferengi. Who would have thought it?"

"I am Quark, son of Keldar, and I have come to answer the challenge of D'Ghor, son of... whatever."

"Go ahead, kill me! That's why I'm here, isn't it, to be killed? Well, here I am, so go ahead and do it. You all want me to pick up that sword and try to fight him, don't you? But I don't have a chance and you know it! You only want me to put up a fight so your precious honour will be satisfied. Well, I'm not going to make it so easy for you. Having me fight D'Ghor is nothing more than an execution, so, if that's what you want, that's what you'll get. An execution. No honour, no glory. And when you tell your children and your grandchildren the glorious story of how you rose to power and took Grilka's House from her, I hope you remember to tell them how you heroically killed an unarmed Ferengi half your size."

"Beets are a very misunderstood vegetable."

"Nobody said life was fair."

"Even if you've had seven of them."

"And I used to think Curzon had a temper."

"If you want to know who you are, it's important to know who you've been."

"Treason, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder."

"Commander, this is extortion."

"Hmm… Yes it is."

"Major, I don't think I've ever seen you looking so ravishing."

"Sixteen years old and dating a dabo girl. Godspeed, Jake."

"You know, I never knew how much this man's voice annoyed me."

"Ironic, isn't it? The only place in the galaxy that still recognizes my access code is a Bajoran space station."

"Where's Commander Sisko? I trust he wasn't vaporized, while asking for one of those raktajinos he's so fond of?"

"Garak, groveling in a corner. That alone makes my trip worthwhile."

"I thought your father told you to stay out of there!"

"If you don't tell him, I won't."

"Isn't there some petty thief you could harass?"

"Just you."

"You're trying to be a hero. Terrorists don't get to be heros."

"When my son looks back on this day, the only thing he'll remember is that a Federation officer on a Federation ship invaded his home and kept his father away from him on his eleventh birthday. And he won't look back with understanding... he'll look back with hatred. And that's sad."

"Looks like you've got your evening all planned out. I hope you left room for the unexpected."

"Tough little ship."

"You humans, you never learn. You let your women go out in public, hold jobs, wear clothing... and you wonder why your marriages fall apart."

"Causing people to suffer because you hate them is terrible... but causing people to suffer because you've forgotten how to care, that's really hard to understand."

"When you treat people like animals, you're gonna get bit."

"While violence may keep an enemy at bay, only peace can make him a friend."

"Everything that goes wrong here is your fault. It says so in your contract."

"According to Ferengi by-laws, section one oh five, subparagraph ten, upon reaching adulthood, Ferengi males must purchase an apprenticeship from a suitable role model. I choose you."

"You want to be my apprentice?"

"That's right. I want to be the first Ferengi in Starfleet. Now, who do I see about getting a uniform?"

My father is a mechanical genius! He could've been the chief engineer of a starship if he'd had the opportunity. But he went into business like a good Ferengi. The only thing is, he's not a good Ferengi. Not when it comes to acquiring profit. So now all he has to live for is the slim chance that someday, somehow, he might be able to take over my uncle's bar. Well I'm not going to make the same mistake. I want to do something with my life. Something worthwhile.

Remember Major, I pride myself on my ability to observe human nature, and I've watched you for the past three years. In all that time I never saw any indication that you had those kinds of feelings for me. You like me. You think of me as a close friend. But love? I'm afraid not.

Major Kira is down that tunnel, two hundred metres south of here. Save her, if it suits you, but it won't make any difference. She is never going to love you. How could she? You are a changeling.

"You can make your own decisions, or you can let these prophecies make them for you."

"Are you suggesting that I'm dismissing this prophecy too easily because I don't want to be the Emissary?"

"I'm not suggesting anything. But it's been my experience that all humanoids have an agenda of some sort, and that their agendas can influence them without their even realising it."

"It's been my experience that..."

"What? That humans aren't good engineers?"

"No, not humans. Males."

"I beg your pardon?"

"Men just don't seem to have a head for this sort of thing. That's why women dominate the sciences."

"Maybe on Cardassia. But on this station, this man is Chief of Operations, and I know more about these systems anyone, including you."

"Do you really believe that I'm the Emissary?"

"I guess I always have. I never wanted to admit it to myself. It's hard to work for someone who's a religious icon."

"It would seem that our scientific methodologies differ slightly. It is our practice to examine all possibilities, no matter how unlikely, before we proceed with field tests."

"We would, of course, prefer to operate that way as well. However, since the Science Ministry falls under the jurisdiction of the military, we have to follow certain rules. One of them is not to make any project look unnecessarily dangerous."

"Actually, I've lost my taste for beetle snuff. It might be fun for you and me, but it's no fun for the beetles!"

"Close your eyes... Take a deep breath... Clear your mind of everything in it... if there's anything there..."

"Well, you do have one problem... if all you can hallucinate about is Quark's maintenance problems, you do have a sadly deficient fantasy life."

"Trust me, Quark. Darts and bars go together like bacon and eggs."

"At least people order bacon and eggs. In all the years I've been here, no one has ever come in and asked to see the dart board."

"Trust me. They will."

"I think we have enough evidence to at least hold the Klingons for questioning, don't you?"

"Absolutely. And I think I can question them until the Romulan delegation leaves the station."

"Just be careful."

"Commander, there is no careful way to question a Klingon."

"I think you're lying, Quark."

"About which part?"

"All of it."

"Well, at least I am consistent."

"Who told you that?"

"You did. In the future."

"Oh. Well, who am I to argue with me?"

"My... tennis balls?"

"This station is in worse condition than we thought."

"You can't do this!"

"I can do anything I want. It is my mind. Computer, begin sterilization."

"To think, after all this time, all our lunches together... you still don't trust me. There's hope for you yet, doctor."

"I think you'll find that random and unprovoked executions will keep your work force alert and motivated."

"Well, the truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination."

"Do you know what the sad part is, Odo? I'm a very good tailor."

"What is this?"

"I thought it was time for a change. What do you think?""

"I like it."

"Oh, you sound just like a Cardassian."

"I beg your pardon?"

"They have denied the possibility of ancient contact for decades because they cannot stand the idea of Bajor having interstellar flight before they did."

"With all due respect, Major, you're beginning to sound like a Romulan."

"A Romulan?"

"There is no piece of technology in existence they don't claim they invented before everyone else."

"Listen."

"I don't hear anything."

"Exactly. Not even the hum of an engine. It's almost like being on the deck of an old sailing ship. Except the stars are not just up in the sky; they're all around us."

"Well, let's face it. It's been over a year since your last date. A year, Dad. Well, you got to make time for these things."

"I cannot believe that I'm getting advice about women from my son."

"Don't think of me as your son, right now. Just think of me as another guy. Another guy who happens to know a very attractive lady who wants to meet you."

"You are trying to set me up?"

"Well, why not?"

"Hard work, bribes, sucking up to the boss. Just like any job."

"It has been my observation that one of the prices of giving people freedom of choice is that sometimes they make the wrong choice."

"There's nothing quite like holding a child to your breast, nursing it. (pause) The entity which lent me this body wishes to speak!"

"How much longer am I gonna have to do this?!"

"Root beer. This is the end of Ferengi civilization."

"What's the matter, Chief?"

"It just occurred to me. As soon as that kid graduates from the Academy, I'm going to have to call him 'sir'."

"He said 'you're too late. We're everywhere.'"

"Running may help for a little while, but sooner or later the pain catches up with you. And the only way to get rid of it is to stand your ground and face it."

"I'm no writer, but if I were it seems to me I'd want to poke my head up every once in a while and take a look around, see what's going on. It's life, Jake! You can miss it if you don't open your eyes."

"I have fought against races that believe in mythical beings who guide their destinies and await them after death. They call them gods. The Founders are like Gods to the Jem'Hadar, but our Gods never talk to us, and they don't wait for us after death. They only want us to fight for them, and die for them."

"You hew-mons, all you want to do is please your women. You want them to be your friends. But we Ferengi know better. Women are the enemy."

"I've lived seven lifetimes, and I have never had a friend quite like you."

"It's funny, a year ago if you'd done something like this, I would have thought you were just trying to be a hero."

"And now?"

"Now that I know you better, I realise it was just a really stupid thing to do."

"You people should take better care of yourselves. Stop poisoning your bodies with tobacco and atom bombs. Sooner or later, that kind of stuff will kill you!"

"You know what I like about Klingon stories, commander? Nothing. Lots of people die, and nobody makes any profit."

"This is the Sword of Kahless! It is not something to shovel food into your mouth!"

"Did you see the look on the face of that Klingon that I killed? It was as if he understood the honor bestowed upon him. The first man in a thousand years to be killed by the Sword of Kahless."

"I'm sure he was very proud."

"I do apologise. You must be incensed. In fact, if I were in your shoes I would grab a bottle of champagne and shoot me."

"Jake, the only time you should be in bed is if you're sleeping, dying, or making love to a beautiful woman."

"Worried? I'm scared to death! But I'm damned if I'm going to let them change the way I live my life."

"You know, I've been a soldier and I've been a politician, and I have to say, I'm beginning to think that being a soldier was easier."

"The best way to survive a knife fight is never to get in one."

"Everything I have lost I will regain. It's only a matter of time."

"First it was Vedek Bareil, now it's the head of the Bajoran government. You do like powerful men don't you?"

"Why is it when you smile I want to leave the room?"

"I suppose it's because of my overwhelming charm."

"I'm a much more complicated man than you give me credit for."

"Ziyal, what your father wants from me is forgiveness. That's one thing I can never give him."

"Lately, when my mind wanders, I find myself thinking more and more about Gul Marratt. Do you know him? Very dashing. One of Cardassia's rising stars. Graduate of the Cardassian Military Academy, smooth-talking junior member of the Detepa Council, and like your friend Shakaar, quite a lady's man. Especially with other officer's wives."

"Including yours?"

"Mmm. A year ago he wouldn't have dared, but now? I think the first thing I do when I'm returned to power is to demote him. Assign him to the Cardassian Embassy on Breen. I hear it's bitter cold on Breen. And we Cardassians do despise the cold..."

"There was a time when the mere mention of my race inspired fear. And now... we're a beaten people. Afraid to fight back because we're afraid to lose what little is left."

"I am the only Cardassian left... and if no one else will stand against the Klingons, I will."

"When I look at my father, I have a hard time seeing a murderer."

"And when I look at him, I have a hard time seeing anything else."

"I have never understood you, Worf. But I do know this... in your own way, you are an honourable man."

"What you were trying to do was make yourself feel important. Making me feel dumb made you feel smart. But I'm not dumb, and you're not half as smart as you think you are."

"The one good thing about going away is coming home."

"Part of being a captain is knowing when to smile, to make the troops happy. Even when it's the last thing in the world you want to do. Because they're your troops, and you hve to take care of them."

"The crime of espionage requires a minimum of fifteen cycles of correction

"Go? I can't leave. Where would I go to?"

"When we were growing up, they used to tell us... Humanity had evolved, that mankind had outgrown hate and rage. But when it came down to it, when I had the chance to show, that no matter what anybody did to me, that I was still an evolved Human being... I failed. I repaid kindness with blood. I was no better than an animal."

"No. No, no, no. An animal would've killed Ee'Char and never had a second thought, never shed a tear... But not you. You hate yourself. You hate yourself so much you think you deserve to die. The Argrathi did everything they could to strip you of your Humanity and in the end, for one brief moment they succeeded. But you can't let that brief moment define your entire life. If you do, if you pull that trigger… then the Argrathi will have won. They will have destroyed a good man. You cannot let that happen, my friend."

"Isn't that a coincidence? I was hoping you weren't married!"

"Isn't that what an artist wants, to be remembered? Isn't that why you write?"

"Paranoid is what they call people who imagine threats against their life. I have threats against my life."

"I am First Omet'Iklan, and I am dead. As of this moment we are all dead. We go into battle to reclaim our lives. This we do gladly, for we are Jem'Hadar. Remember, victory is life!"

"I'm Chief Miles Edward O'Brien. And I'm very much alive, and intend to stay that way!"

"Come to Quark's, Quark's is fun. Come right now, don't walk. Run!"

"How did you do it?"

"Do what?"

"I ordered a glass of prune juice from the replicator in the Defiant's mess. This is what it came in."

"If all your little advertisements aren't purged from our systems by the time I get back from the Gamma Quadrant, I will come to Quark's, and believe me, I will have fun."

"They're just rules. They're written in a book, not carved in stone. And even if they were in stone, so what? A bunch of us just made them up."

"I've spent most of my life bringing people to justice. Now that it's my turn, how can I run away?"

"Captain, you're just in time for happy hour."

"Do I look happy, Quark?"

"It's not easy being funny wearing these teeth."

"Brag all you want! But don't get between me and the bloodwine!"

"It's a pity it doesn't have any bubbles."

"But don't forget, this... is still your fault."

"My fault?"

"You performed the transfer from Keiko to me."

"After you volunteered."

"After you put the idea in my head."

"After you flew the runabout into the asteroid field."

"After you insisted we check on those anomalous bio-scans."

"That was Keiko."

"That's right. It was, but I'd rather blame you."

"You want to kill me, Worf? You're welcome to try!"

"It may sound cruel, but we both know that ship out there was worth it. Those five deaths may save five thousand lives, or maybe even five million. And if I had to make the same trade all over again, I would. But five people are dead, fine men and women who deserved a lot more than to die on some lonely planet fifty thousand light years away from home."

"If I were in your shoes I would be looking for someone a little more entertaining, a little more fun, and maybe even a little more attainable."

"The battle of Ajilon Prime will probably be remembered as a pointless skirmish, but I'll always remember it as something more; as the place I learned that the line between courage and cowardice is a lot thinner than most people believe."

"Is there something wrong, Chief? I can work slower if you want me to."

"For the first forty minutes, it was like pulling teeth even getting him to admit his name."

"Well, Rom, I'm glad things are going so well for you."

"No, you're not. But thanks, anyway, brother."

"Another glorious chapter of Klingon history. Tell me, do they still sing songs of the Great Tribble Hunt?"

"You have to realise, there's some things in life you can't control. And one of them is me."

"Bad manners are the fault of the parent, not the child."

"Don't you get it? I'm not trying to rescue you. I'm taking you along as emergency rations. If you die, I'm going to eat you."

"I was in a Cardassian prison camp for five years. And I can remember each and very beating I suffered. And while you had your weapons to protect you, all I had was my faith and my courage."

"He wanted to protect the innocent, and separate the darkness from the light. But he didn't realise that a light only shines in the dark."

"Quark may lend you the money, but remember Rule of Acquisition number one hundred and eleven. Treat people in your debt like family - exploit them."

"You know the Rules of Acquisition?"

"I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy. I know many things."

"Constable, why are you talking to your beverage?"

"It's not a beverage. It's a Changeling. Excuse me, commander."

"Oh, do me a favor. Next time you have a baby, leave my girlfriend out of it, huh?"

"If it wasn't for me, you'd still be sitting on a shelf somewhere in a beaker labeled 'unknown sample'."

"If it wasn't for me, you'd be a nobody. Starfleet wouldn't hire you to judge a science fair!"

"You win some, you lose some."

"You always had problems with the 'lose some' part of that."

"You know, I think that actually helped my back."

"You want me to sponsor your application to Starfleet Academy?"

"What do you think?"

"I... think it is a bad idea."

"The man is a heartless, cold-blooded killer."

"Like I said, he's a Cardassian!"

"Elim. Promise me one thing."

"I'm listening."

"Don't die here. Escape. Live."

"Let me guess. So I can make the Dominion pay for what they've done to you."

"You wouldn't deny an old man his revenge, would you?"

"I'll do as you ask, on one condition…That you don't ask me this favor as a mentor, or a superior officer… but as a father asking his son."

"You're not my son."

"Father, you're dying. For once in your life, speak the truth."

"I should have killed your mother before you were born. You have always been a weakness I can't afford."

"So you've told me. Many times. Listen, Enabran. All I ask is that for this moment, let me be your son."

"Elim, remember that day…in the country. You must've been almost five."

"How can I forget it? It was the only day."

"I can still see you, on the back of that riding hound. You must've fallen off a dozen times. But you never gave up."

"I remember limping home…You held my hand."

"I was very proud of you, that day."

"Everyone has their reasons. That's what's so terrifying; people can find a way to justify any action, no matter how evil."

"You'd shoot a man in the back?"

"Well, it's the safest way, isn't it?"

"True love should always win."

"But you can't go through life trying to avoid getting a broken heart. If you do, it'll break from lonliness anyway."

"Perhaps he's become prematurely aware of life's existential isolation."

"They kill us, we kill them... it's nothing worth celebrating."

"Who's winning the war?"

"It's too early to tell."

"It's been three days."

"Don't remind me. They found a nest."

"That's good."

"It's not the main nest."

"That's not so good. I thought Chief O'Brien trapped the last vole on the station months ago."

"Well, obviously he missed a couple. A married couple. They breed like tribbles."

"But they're not as cute."

"He said I didn't really love him! That I was just using him! That I was a scheming, profit-hungry fe-male who couldn't keep her clothes off!"

"What are you doing in my closet?"

"Conducting official FCA business."

"In my closet?"

"I hate him."

"No, you don't."

"All he loves is latinum."

"No, he doesn't."

"Cancelling that wedding was the best thing that ever happened to me."

"No, it isn't."

"I am so glad, he's out of my life."

"No, you're not."

"Major, you haven't been listening to me."

"Yes, I have."

"Today would be a bad day to die, son of Mogh. Take your Trill and go!"

"Hear! Sons of Kahless. Hear! Daughters too.
The blood of battle washes clean
The warrior brave and true.
We fight, we love, and then we kill.
Our lives burn short and bright.
Then we die with honor and
Join our fathers in the black fleet,
Where we battle, forever battling, on
Through the eternal fight."

"I love you, Nerys. I've always loved you."

"And that's when Morn hit you with a barstool and ran out onto the promenade screaming 'we're all doomed!'"

"Well it's just that lately I've noticed everyone seems to trust me. It's quite unnerving."

"Even in the darkest moments, you can always find something that will make you smile."

"I promise I will not rest until I stand with you again... here, in this place where I belong."

"What about freedom of the press?"

"Please tell me you're not that naïve."

"How do I explain that I evacuated every Federation citizen off Deep Space 9, except his grandson?"

"You'll figure something out."

"You're not genetically engineered... you're a Vulcan!"

"I could make things very pleasant for you here, Kira."

"You could start by doing something about your breath."

"I'm a patient man. I can wait."

"Wait for what? What do you think is going to happen here, Dukat? That you're going to wear me down with your charming personality? That I'm going to be swept off my feet by that insincere smile? Are you really so deluded that you actually believe that we're going to have some kind of intimate relationship?"

"Oh, we already do."

"It's like having a viewscreen inside your brain."

"It is not my life to give up, captain. And it never was."

"I tell you Worf, war is much more fun when you're winning!"

"I tried. I tried my best to run my establishment under this occupation. But you know what? It's no fun! I don't like the Cardassians, they're mean and arrogant. And I can't stand the Jem'Hadar. They're creepy, they just stand there like statues, staring at you. That's it. I don't want to spend the rest of my life doing business with these people. I want the Federation back! I want to sell root beer again!"

"Gods don't make mistakes."

"One ship against an entire fleet? That's a helluva plan B!"

"You want to be gods? Then be gods. I need a miracle. Bajor needs a miracle. Stop those ships!"

"We are not accorded the luxury of choosing the woman we fall in love with. Do you think Sirella is anything like the woman I thought I'd marry? She is a prideful, arrogant, mercurial woman who shares my bed far too infrequently for my taste. And yet... I love her deeply."

"I suppose it must be nice to have that kind of faith. I've always preferred to believe in nothing. That way I'm never disappointed."

"I don't care if the odds are against us! If we're going to lose, then we're going to go down fighting... so that when our descendants someday rise up against the Dominion, they'll know know what they're made of!"

"A child, a moron, a failure, and a psychopath. Quite a little team you've put together."

"I should have killed every last one of them! I should have turned their planet into a graveyard the likes of which the galaxy had never seen! I should have killed them all!"

"And that is why you're not an evil man?"

"Is there anything I can get for you?"

"Hmm. A bottle of Kanar and an Orion slave girl would be nice."

"I'll see what I can do."

"..."

"And if I fail..."

"I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith."

"Our loyalty is demonstrated by our actions, not our words."

"I'm going to take care of you. I don't forget my friends. Cause friends, they're like family. Nothing's more important. Nothing."

"I have a sense of humour. On the Enterprise I was considered to be quite amusing."

"That must have been one dull ship."

"That is a joke. I get it. It is not funny, but I get it."

"We all have scars, of one kind or another."

"You function as judge, jury and executioner. And I think that's too much power for anyone."

"I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damaging thing of all... I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Garak was right about one thing, a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant."

"You're not exactly the most lovable person in the galaxy. You're not even the most lovable person in this sector. Or on this station. Or even in this room."

"I had a pretty good idea what this was the moment I laid eyes on it. This confirms it. It's a slab of rock with some writing on it."

"You don't understand because you've never put on one of these uniforms. You don't know anything about sacrifice or honour or duty or any of the things that make up a soldier's life. I'm part of something larger than myself. All you care about is you."

"A Dominion invasion of Ferenginar?"

"Think of the terrible repercussions to the Alpha Quadrant."

"I cannot think of any."

"Boys, together we're going to reconquer an empire or die in the attempt!"

"That female happens to be my mother!"

"Moogie! I was so worried."

"You're a good son."

"I was worried too."

"And you're a good liar."

"Nagus, you remember my son, Nog, don't you? He's the first Ferengi to join Starfleet."

"I'll try not to hold that against him."

"Marry me!"

"Uh, I don't think your wife would approve."

"Who cares. She hasn't touched my lobes in months."

"I can tell."

"I am a Klingon warrior and a Starfleet officer. I have piloted starships through Dominion minefields. I have have stood in battle against Kelvans twice my size. I have courted and won the heart of the magnificent Jadzia Dax. If I can do these things, I can make this child go to sleep!"

"We've grown apart, the lot of us. We didn't mean for it to happen, but it did. The war changed us, pulled us apart. Lisa Cusak was my friend. But you are also my friends, and I want my friends in my life. Because one day we're going to wake up and we're going to discover that someone is missing from this circle, and on that day we're gonna mourn. And we shouldn't have to mourn alone."

"Our baby... would've been so beautiful..."

"Romulans. So predictably treacherous!"

"Sing the song."

"I don't think that's such a good idea."

"Sing the song."

"C'mon, pallie, why rub salt in an open wound?"

"You are a hologram. You are programmed to do exactly as I say. Sing the song."

"I just never thought I'd see a Romulan eating a jumja stick."

"Miles, I don't know what to say. I'm touched."

"You're both touched!"

"You wanna get Jadzia to Sto-vo-kor fine, fine, go for it. But can't you do something more sensible? Make a donation in her name! Or bribe someone!"

"It doesn't work that way, Quark."

"It'd be nice if it did."

"Hello, Benjamin."

"Do I know you?"

"It's me... Dax."

"I can hardly believe it myself, but I'm Dax. I mean, I'm not Jadzia Dax. I'm Ezri Dax. But I have all of Jadzia's memories, not to mention Lela's, Tobin's, Emony's, Audrid's, Joran's and Curzon's. Am I forgetting anyone?"

"Torias."

"Right. Now, you're probably asking yourself

"The answers can wait. Right now I'm just glad to see you."

"You're a therapist?"

"Is it that surprising?"

"You arranged my birth. I exist because of you?"

"The Sisko's path is a difficult one."

"But why me? Why did it have to be me?"

"Because it could be no one else."

"The Sisko has completed his task."

"Sarah?"

"The Kosst Amojan no longer threatens us."

"You mean the Pah-wraith? It is no longer in the wormhole?"

"I have cast it out."

"Is that why the Prophets sent me to Tyree? To release you from the Orb?"

"The Kosst Amojan tried to stop you with a false vision, but you did not waver. You fulfilled your destiny."

"You can blink now, Colonel – you've won. Senator Cretak has agreed to remove the weapons from Derna."

"What changed her mind?"

"I told her, if she didn't remove them, I would."

"And what changed your mind?"

"You did... Remind me never to play poker with you."

"Now wait a minute! You have no right to tell me who I can be friends with!"

"If you dishonor Jadzia's memory, you will regret it. And that goes for you, too, Ferengi!"

"What did I do?!"

"It's a strange sensation, dying. No matter how many times it happens to you, you never get used to it."

"You're a therapist?"

"Why does everyone sound so surprised when they hear that?"

"Perhaps I should have a talk with him,"

"Absolutely not. You intimidate him."

"Me?"

"Don't tell him I told you."

"I intimidate Worf?"

"You like that, don't you?"

"Julian swears there's nothing going on between him and Ezri. There's no reason for you to be jealous."

"This has nothing to do with jealousy! I know that Doctor Bashir cared for Jadzia, but this woman is not Jadzia, and treating her as if she were dishonors her memory."

"Wrong. Treating Ezri like a stranger dishonors Jadzia's memory."

"She is cute."

"She's also about three hundred years too old for you."

"Will you come to dinner with us?"

"Please, I don't want to intrude..."

"Honestly, it's fine. It'll take some pressure off me. All he does is sit and count how many times I chew."

"Stop it, Benjamin! I thought you of all people would understand."

"I do understand. And you're right. You don't deserve the Dax symbiont. Quite frankly, you don't deserve to wear that uniform! I'll pass this on to Starfleet Command. Dismissed!"

"It's been a long time."

"Ten years, two months, five days."

"You mean you don't know it to the minute?"

"Of course I do.. But Humans are often irked by such precision. Especially the more emotional Humans."

"Which is why when their captain challenged us to a contest of courage, teamwork, and sacrifice, I accepted on your behalf."

"We will destroy them."

"I hope you learned your lesson."

"Always look behind you before swinging a bat."

"War is an inefficient business."

"Computer, eliminate the spectators."

"Alright, Niners, let's hear some chatter."

"Hey, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter."

"Hey, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter."

"Death to the opposition!"

"Did I forget to wear my spots today?"

"All that intelligence and he still doesn't know what a Human looks like!"

"Sarina? What are you looking at?"

"Everything."

"Sarina, what are you doing here? How did you get in?"

"It wasn't hard. Your access code only has six digits."

"Julian, why don't you show everybody how much you love me and order the next round?"

"The fact is that the universe is going to stop expanding and it is going to collapse in on itself. We've got to do something before it's too late."

"How much time do we have left?"

"Sixty trillion years, seventy at the most."

"Oh, no."

"I'm sorry. Obviously you want to punish yourself. Do you want help? I'm really good at punishing myself."

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do."

"Chief, I can't operate under those kinds of restrictions."

"I don't think the universe is ready for two Weyouns."

"I couldn't agree more."

"Clones. Keeping track of them is a full-time job."

"Has it ever occurred to you that you believe the Founders are gods because that's what they want you to believe? That they built that into your genetic code?"

"Of course they did. That's what gods do. After all, why be a god if there's no one to worship you?"

"We spotted a Federation runabout spying on our base in the Olmerak system."

"Surely one ship shouldn't be much of a threat."

"We'll have it destroyed within the hour."

"It's just such an honor to be with a g… clears throat a security officer."

"This isn't easy for you, but you have to remember, they started this war. You didn't."

"That's true. But I know now, whichever side wins, one thing is certain, I'm going to lose."

"Savour the fruit of life, my young friends. It has a sweet taste... when it is fresh from the vine. But don't live too long. The taste turns bitter after a time."

"I've hated his name for almost thirty years. I've dreamt of the moment when I would finally see him stripped of his rank and title, when he would suddenly find himself without a friend in the world, without the power of his birthright. Well, I've had that moment now. And I took no joy from it."

"The food is for me. I haven't eaten in hours. Men of our generation never stood on ceremony. We ate when we were hungry, we fought when we were angered. Oh, I miss the simplicity of those days."

"The only real question is whether you believe in the legend of Davy Crockett or not. If you do, then there should be no doubt in your mind that he died the death of a hero. If you do not believe in the legend, then he was just a man... and it does not matter how he died."

"To Kor - the Dahar master. A noble warrior to the end!"

"Let me tell you something about hewmons, nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time, and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will become as nasty and violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes. You know I'm right, don't you? Well? Aren't you going to say something? "

"I feel sorry for the Jem'Hadar."

"I've always found that when people try to convince others of their beliefs it's because they're really just trying to convince themselves."

"The Master told us you wouldn't approve of our beliefs. He said we should be patient with you."

"Don't go out of your way."

"You believe the Prophets are the true gods of Bajor. I believe the Pah-wraiths are. Let's just leave it at that."

"I'd be happy to. There's just one problem

"This is his child! That's why you tried to kill Mika!!"

"The Pah-wraiths have forgiven my sins! They've given me their absolution! Who are you to presume they're wrong?! Who are you to judge me?!! Then it's done! Our covenant is broken! None of you will ever know the love of the Pah-wraiths!! None of you!!"

"He's a one legged crazy man!"

"She called you a hero, and for that you slugged your best friend? Remind me never to give you a compliment."

"You all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"And you, take a hike."

"What?!"

"You heard me. You don't come into my club and start hitting customers like that. Now get out before I throw you out."

"Look kid, I don't know what's going to happen to you out there. All I can tell you is that you've got to play the cards life deals you. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but at least you're in the game."

"Are you okay?

"No, but I will be."

"There are varieties of gagh?"

"Oh, yes. I can remember what each one tastes like... and the way they... move when you swallow them. Torgud gagh wiggles. Filden gagh squirms. Meshta gagh jumps. ... Bithool gagh has feet. ... Wistan gagh is packed in targ blood... I have to go now."

"I haven't talked to my mother in almost six months."

"Oh?"

"Last time I saw her was just after I was joined. She came to visit me on Trill and I was still a little confused... When she walked into my room, I put on a big smile, looked her right in the eye and said

"Hello mother."

"I hate your hair."

"It looks like Deep Space 9 to me."

"I suppose a cargo bay… is a cargo bay, no matter what universe you're in."

"My name's not Dax!"

"Oh, oh, I get it! Your clothes, the knife, this aggressive attitude, it's all role-playing! Call me 'Shmun'!"

"I told you cloaking the cloaking device was a good idea."

"Brilliant. But couldn't we've done something about its weight?"

"Nope. But if it makes you feel any better, the cloaking device on the Defiant is a lot heavier."

"Tell it to my hernia."

"Oh, let her go. There's something about that woman I find intoxicating."

"Tell me, why did you do it?"

'Because logic demanded it."

"Watch your step, Odo. We're at war with your people. This is no time for a 'Changeling Pride' demonstration on the promenade."

"We humanoids are the product of millions of years of evolution. Our ancestors learned the hard way that what you don't know might kill you. They wouldn't have survived if they hadn't jumped back when they encountered a snake coiled in the muck. And now millions of years later, that instinct is still there."

"Mine's bigger."

"You've done many things, been many things, but you've never known love."

"Compared to the Link, it is a pale shadow. A feeble attempt to compensate for the isolation that mono-forms feel because they are trapped within themselves."

"Perhaps the fact that it's not easy is what makes it worthwhile."

"Maybe there's a pointer fault in the holosuite's parameter file."

"So, where are you from again?"

"Bajor."

"That's in Jersey, right?"

"Right."

"Vodka martini. Stirred, not shaken."

"Now, that's more like it."

"Let's make a deal, Doctor. I'll spare you the 'ends justify the means' speech and you spare me the 'we must do what's right' speech. You and I are not going to see eye to eye on this subject, so I suggest we stop discussing it."

"The Federation needs men like you, Doctor. Men of conscience, men of principle... men who can sleep at night. You're also the reason Section 31 exists. Someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong."

"Personally I don't know what Jadzia ever saw in the man."

"Well, his brains."

"You are the Sisko. You are part of me."

"If that's true, if you really do care about me, if you consider me your son, then let me have this!"

"It is not for you to have. There are many tasks still ahead of you. Accept your fate. Your greatest trial is about to begin. Don't be afraid. All will be as it should be."

"Mother..."

"Stay on the path, Benjamin."

"This is intolerable! They have us caged up like animals!"

"By the power vested in me by the United Federation of Planets, I pronounce you husband and wife."

"You should be honored. You're witnessing an historic moment. The birth of the alliance between the Dominion and the Breen. Changes everything, doesn't it?"

"But enough about the war with the Dominion; I want to hear about the war at home! You've just married that freighter captain, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Then war has broken out… whether you know it or not. A long, grueling, intoxicating war!"

"You can't be serious."

"I'm always serious."

"Well, hello!"

"I'm glad to see you find the death of my predecessor so amusing."

"Oh, you misjudge me. I miss him deeply. Here, let's drink to Weyoun 7!"

"Am I supposed to be embarrassed because Jadzia had a few lovers before you?"

"A few?"

"You're right. It was more than a few. It was dozens. Hundreds. In fact, I don't think there was anyone aboard DS9 who wasn't her lover!"

"Go. Crawl back to your Prophets. Beg their forgiveness. Live the rest of your life… in Sisko's shadow!!"

"I realize Jadzia saw physical love very differently than I do. To her it could mean many things, but to me it is a deeply spiritual act. When I made love to you, my motives were not spiritual. It was an unworthy impulse."

"Worf, we're not gods or Prophets. We're people. We make mistakes. There is one other thing I want you to know. I honestly didn't realize how I felt about Julian. I would have never hidden something like that from you."

"I believe you. And I do not hold any malice toward you or Doctor Bashir."

"Why should we trust you?"

"You can either trust me, or you can stay here and be executed."

"I vote for option one."

"I'm a patient woman, but I have run out of patience. I will no longer serve gods who give me nothing in return. I am ready to walk the path the Pah-wraiths have laid out for me."

"I'll walk with you. And no one will be able to stand against us."

"Those who dare to try, the Federation and its vedek puppets, the false gods and their precious Emissary, they'll all be swept aside like dead leaves before an angry wind."

"We must give the enemy credit. To launch an attack against Starfleet Headquarters. Even my people never attempted that."

"There. You see? The Pah-wraiths have judged you and found you worthy. Their secrets are now your secrets to do with as you please. Take their gift and use it. Seize the power they're offering you!"

"She's a fine ship."

"Poor Captain Sisko. I believe he was quite fond of that ship."

"I have no idea what would please the Breen, nor do I care! All that matters is that they fight and win!"

"Eminence, that man is not Anjohl Tennan!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Anjohl Tennan died nine years ago in the labor camp at Batal. I warned you not to trust him. I had a sample of his DNA sequenced. He's not even a Bajoran. He's a Cardassian!"

"...And so two years ago, our government signed a treaty with the Dominion. In it the Dominion promised to extend Cardassia's influence throughout the Alpha Quadrant. In exchange, we pledged ourselves to join the war against the Federation and its allies. Cardassians have never been afraid of war, a fact we've proven time and again over these past two years. Seven million of our brave soldiers have given their lives to fulfill our part of the agreement, and what has the Dominion done in return? Nothing. We've gained no new territories. In fact, our influence throughout the quadrant has diminished. And to make matters worse, we are no longer masters in our own home. Travel anywhere on Cardassia and what do you find? Jem'Hadar, Vorta, and now Breen. Instead of the invaders, we have become the invaded. Our 'allies' have conquered us without firing a single shot. Well, no longer. This morning detachments of the Cardassian First, Third and Ninth Orders attacked the Dominion outpost on Rondac III. This assault marks the first step towards the liberation of our homeland, from the true oppressors of the Alpha Quadrant. I call upon Cardassians everywhere. Resist. Resist today. Resist tomorrow. Resist till the last Dominion soldier has been driven from our soil!"

"Legate Damar may be the key to saving the entire Alpha Quadrant."

"Damar and Garak... should be an interesting mission."

"Doctor, get to the point."

"I need to borrow a cup of goo."

"Excuse me?"

"I'll give it back!"

"Well, gentlemen, it seems as if the Klingon fleet is the only thing that stands between us and the Dominion."

"What have we come to?"

"Remember your place, Dukat!"

"I thought my place was in your bed."

"Adami, I'm not the same man I was during the Occupation. The Pah-wraiths have changed me."

"But they can't change what you did. Do you really think I could let myself be touched by a man whose hands are stained with the blood of my people?"

"When we do release the Pah-wraiths from the Fire Caves, your hands will be stained as well."

"The Pah-wraiths will spare those they find worthy. The rest are of no consequence."

"I warned you! The text of the Kosst Amojan is for my eyes alone!"

"Section 31 must have created the virus, infected Odo, and then used him as a carrier."

"So that when he linked with another Changeling, he'd pass it on, and eventually the entire race would be infected."

"31 isn't just trying to stop us from finding a cure. They're trying to cover up the fact that they set out to commit genocide."

"Well, if they gave Odo this disease, then they must have a cure."

"We have to find a way to get our hands on that cure."

"Before 31 gets their hands on us."

"This entire operation has been a waste of resources, men and equipment. The blame lies with the man who ordered the mission in the first place, not the man who tried to carry it out!"

"Julian, it's time to face facts. You're not gonna pull a rabbit out of your med kit."

"Exactly. If our cloning facilities were operational, I would eliminate this Weyoun immediately."

"I think that the situation with Gowron is a symptom of a bigger problem. The Klingon Empire is dying, and I think it deserves to die."

"You're right. I do not like it!"

"Worf, you are the most honorable and decent man I have ever met and if you're willing to accept men like Gowron, then what hope is there for the Empire?"

"You will not have this... day..."

"Hail, Worf! Leader of the Empire!"

"You're still a Cardassian, Garak. You're not going to kill one of your own people for a Bajoran woman."

"How little you understand me."

"He was my friend. But his Cardassia is dead and it won't be coming back."

"Genocide – committed by people who call themselves Federation citizens."

"Remember these? Romulan mind probes. Not the most pleasant devices, but very efficient."

"They're also illegal in the Federation."

"Oh, I hope you can appreciate the irony of that statement."

"I misread you. I thought you were just a misguided idealist. But you're a dangerous man. People like you would destroy the Federation. Fortunately, there are people like me who are willing to die in order to protect it."

"Hey Julian, the next time you take a trip inside someone's mind, you're going on your own."

"Aha! Here we go. I knew Quark was hoarding a bottle of the good stuff."

"This is older than I am."

"What? I'm drinking with a child."

"I don't get it. He's interested, she's interested... what's the problem?"

"He is an overgrown child and she is very... confused."

"It could still work."

"The glamour of being a revolutionary."

"Hello, ship."

"It's never too early to suck up to the boss!"

"I won't preside over the demise of Ferengi civilization! The line has to be drawn here! This far, and no further!"

"This is insane. You ACTUALLY want Rom to be Nagus?"

"You're my brother."

"And YOU'RE an idiot! But I love ya."

"If we do nothing the Dominion could sit behind that perimeter for the next five years rearming themselves. And when they're ready to come out... God help us all."

"It's like I said, the more things change, the more they stay the same."

"My loyal Weyoun. The only solid I have ever trusted."

"I want the Cardassians exterminated."

"Which ones?"

"All of them. The entire population."

"That will take some time."

"Then I suggest you begin at once."

"Four hundred years ago, a victorious general spoke the following words at the end of another costly war. 'Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph. From both we have learned there can be no going back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we've won in war.'"

"You may win this war, commander, but I promise you, when it is over, you will have lost so many ships, so many lives, that your "victory" will taste as bitter as defeat."

"This is a moment worth savouring. To victory, hard fought and well earned."

"What's wrong?"

"Suddenly I'm not thirsty."

"Neither am I."

"Before you waste too many tears, remember, these are Cardassians lying dead at your feet. Bajorans would call this poetic justice."

"That doesn't mean I have to drink a toast over their bodies."

"Humans. Pah. Ka DiJaQ."

"You've been such a good friend. I'm going to miss our lunches together."

"I'm sure we'll see each other again."

"I'd like to think so, but one can never say. We live in uncertain times."

"The Battle of Thermopylae. Do you know it? Well, it's about a force of Spartans led by King Leonidas, who defend a mountain pass against a vast army of Persians.

"What happens then?"

"For two days, the Spartans lead a heroic struggle."

"Until they're wiped out."

"Yes. How'd you know?"

"Lucky guess. I take it we'll be the Spartans?"

"Fighting to the last man."

"Just like the Alamo."

"Exactly."

"Have you talked to a counsellor about these annihilation fantasies?"

"Do you think I should?"

"I'll set up a session for you tomorrow."

"What about tonight?"

"Tonight we defend the pass."

"An Ambassador who'll go targ hunting with me! Well, perhaps being Chancellor won't be so bad after all!"

"The Klingon and Romulan Empires are in no shape to wage a war against anyone. Besides, the Federation wouldn't allow it."

"The Dominion has spent the last two years trying to destroy the Federation, and now you're asking me to put our fate in their hands?"

"Yes."

"Tell me, where's my old friend Damar?"

"Damar's dead."

"What a pity."

"He died trying to free Cardassia."

"What's left of it."

"Keep..."

"Benjamin, please. We've known each other too long. And since this is the last time we will ever be together, let's try to speak honestly. We've both had victories and our defeats. Now it's time to resolve our differences and face the ultimate truth. I've won, Benjamin. You've lost."

"The Pah wraith will never conquer anything. Not Bajor. Not the Celestial Temple. And certainly not the Alpha Quadrant.

"And who's going to stop us?"

"I am."