Kira Nerys quotes from Deep Space Nine

Jadzia Dax

Without navigational sensors—

Kira Nerys

We'll have to fly by the seat of our pants.

Jadzia Dax

Great! Seat-of-pants technology.

Kira Nerys

You Starfleet types are too dependent on gadgets and gizmos. You lose your natural instincts for survival.

Jadzia Dax

My natural instincts for survival told me not to climb aboard this thing. I'd say they're functioning pretty well.

Jadzia Dax

[scared by a crawling animal] Oh! Whoa! What's that?! Is that a spider or a dog?

Kira Nerys

Palucko. The Bajoran moons are full of them.

Jadzia Dax

Oh. I suppose you used to make them your pets, and sing songs about them ‘round the campfire.

Kira Nerys

No. We used to eat 'em.

Kira Nerys

When did you realise?

Odo

The possibility occurred to me when you got the name Ches'sarro so quickly. Your friends from the underground must have already suspected him of being a collaborator. Once I knew the eight names were a list of collaborators, the murder of Vaatrik made sense for the first time. He must have been a collaborator too. He had the money for ginger tea. He had the private quarters. I never had a motive for his murder until now. He kept his wife in relative luxury. She surely wouldn't have killed him. So who would kill a Cardassian collaborator? Someone in the Bajoran underground, of course.

Kira Nerys

A colleague of mine was given the job of sabotaging the ore processor. Vaatrik was my responsibility.

Odo

You were here to execute him.

Kira Nerys

No. I was here to find the list. The names of the Bajorans who were selling us out. We'd been informed that Vaatrik was their direct link to Dukat.

Odo

That must have been why Dukat chose me to investigate. He had to stay as far away from this incident as he could so as not to endanger his network of Bajoran sympathizers.

Kira Nerys

Obviously, I never found the list. But that's what I was looking for in his shop when Vaatrik walked in on me. I didn't have a choice.

Odo

I misjudged you, Major. You were a better liar than I gave you credit for.

Quark

They were good customers.

Kira

What?! That's it?!

Quark

At times like this, I'm reminded of the 57th Rule of Acquisition: "Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them."

Benjamin Sisko

Do you know what the trouble is?

Kira Nerys

No.

Benjamin Sisko

The trouble is Earth.

Kira Nerys

Really?

Benjamin Sisko

On Earth, there is no poverty, no crime, no war. You look out the window of Starfleet Headquarters and you see paradise. Well, it's easy to be a saint in paradise, but the Maquis do not live in paradise. Out there, in the demilitarized zone, all the problems haven't been solved yet. Out there, there are no saints. Just people. Angry, scared, determined people who are going to do whatever it takes to survive, whether it meets with the Federation approval or not.

Kira Nerys

I'm Kira Nerys.

That makes two of us.

Sisko

We've got ships from here to New Bajor looking for the two of you. Where have you been?

Kira

Through the looking glass, Commander.

Major Kira Nerys

You belong to the Dominion, don't you?

Belong to it? Major, the Changelings are the Dominion.

Odo

[aghast] You're the Founders!

Major Kira Nerys

[referring to the Jem'Hadar youth] How long do you think you're going to be able to control him?

Odo

I'm not trying to control anybody. I'm just trying to give him some choices other than becoming a laboratory specimen or a Jem'Hadar soldier.

Major Kira Nerys

I never thought I would say this to you, Odo, but you are listening to your heart, not your head. That boy was created in a laboratory! His body, his mind, his instincts, are all designed to do one thing; to kill.

Odo

My body, mind, and instincts were designed to be a Founder. You were trained to be a terrorist. But each of us chose to be something different. I just want to give him the same chance we've had!

Major Kira Nerys

All right. Give him a chance. Just don't forget: he is a Jem'Hadar. He's dangerous.

Odo

I'm well aware of the risk, Major.

Major Kira Nerys

I hope so."

Kira Nerys

Now, Jake, what can I do for you?

Jake Sisko

I need some advice. See, there's this older woman and I think we're perfect for each other.

Kira Nerys

Ah, and she doesn't.

Jake Sisko

I don't know what she thinks.

Kira Nerys

Well, Jake, my advice to you is to tell Marda how you feel. That way you'll know...

Jake Sisko

Marda and I broke up.

Kira Nerys

You broke up? Well then, who?

Jake Sisko

You.

Kira Nerys

...Me?

Jake Sisko

I love you, Nerys. Wanna go out with me?

Dr. Julian Bashir

Listen to me. I don't care about your negotiations, and I don't care about your treaty. All I care about is my patient, and at the moment he needs more medical care and less politics. Now, you can either leave here willingly or I'll call security and have you thrown out.

Major Kira Nerys

You won't need to call them. I'll do it myself.

Kira Nerys

[fighting back tears] Julian, you can't give up now. You have to keep going.

Dr. Julian Bashir

[sadly] Nerys, if I remove the rest of his brain and replace it with a machine, he may look like Bareil, he may even talk like Bareil, but he won't be Bareil. The spark of life will be gone. He'll be dead. And I'll be the one who killed him.

Kira Nerys

[sobbing] But if we do nothing, he'll die!

Dr. Julian Bashir

That's right, he will. But he'll die like a man, not a machine. Please, don't make me fight you on this one. Just let him go.

Kira

You're right. The next time we are asked out to dinner, I'll make sure you're the one who says, "No".

Odo

I'd appreciate that.

Kira Nerys

Well, now that you have another pip on your collar, does that mean I can't disagree with you anymore?

Benjamin Sisko

No. It just means I'm never wrong.

Chief O'Brien

I never thought I'd say this, but right now I'm glad the Dominion's around. Otherwise, we never would have started these upgrades, let alone have them almost finished by now.

Major Kira

There's something to be said for incentive.

Chief O'Brien

Uh-huh. I just hope everything works okay.

Major Kira

You're saying you're not sure?

Chief O'Brien

The way I see it, there are two possibilities: either everything will be fine, or...

Major Kira

Or?

Chief O'Brien

[slightly hesitant] Or we end up blowing the station to pieces. [chuckles]

Major Kira

Oh. Well, let's hope we don't have to find out.