[Quark is pushing a heavy chest down the access tunnel]
I can't leave it—it's all that I have. My personal mementos, my family album—
It's full of gold-pressed latinum, and you know it.
Your mother did, the day you were born.
[An outraged Quark shoves the chest aside and speed-crawls down the tunnel until he's nose-to-nose with Bashir]
NEVER MAKE FUN OF A FERENGI'S MOTHER. Rule of Acquisition Number 31!
[N.B. In the published companion book, the complete rule is, "Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother. Insult something he cares about instead."]
Without navigational sensors—
We'll have to fly by the seat of our pants.
Great! Seat-of-pants technology.
You Starfleet types are too dependent on gadgets and gizmos. You lose your natural instincts for survival.
My natural instincts for survival told me not to climb aboard this thing. I'd say they're functioning pretty well.
That's a very personal question.
I'm sorry, but after seven lifetimes, impersonal questions aren't much fun anymore.
[scared by a crawling animal] Oh! Whoa! What's that?! Is that a spider or a dog?
Palucko. The Bajoran moons are full of them.
Oh. I suppose you used to make them your pets, and sing songs about them ‘round the campfire.
I've been a mother three times and a father twice.
Actually, I wasn't very successful either way.
LN Li Nalas
I'd die for my people, but…
Sure, you would. Dying gets you off the hook. 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.
GK General Krim
[to Sisko and Nalas] I'm returning to the surface immediately to consult with the Ministers. I expect I will be asked to resign. Commander, since the provisional government has prevailed, I believe it is appropriate to return the command of this station to Starfleet. Well fought, sir.
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