“Far Beyond The Stars” quotes from Deep Space Nine

Would someone please shoot me and put me out of my misery?

Oh, how I long for a gun.

It's just a photo.

I'll try to remember that.

You're firing me?

I have no choice, Benny. It's his decision.

Well, you can't fire me. I quit. To hell with you and to hell with Stone!

Try to stay calm, Benny.

No! I'm tired of being calm. Calm never got me a damn thing!

I'm warning you, Benny, if-- if you don't stop this, I'm going to call the police.

You GO AHEAD, CALL THEM! Call anybody you want, they can't do anything to me! Not anymore, and nor can any of you! I am a human being, dammit! You can deny me all you want, but you cannot deny Ben Sisko. He exists. That future, that space station, all those people, they exist in here! In my mind, I created it! And every one of you know it, you read it! It's here, you-- you-- you hear what I'm telling you?! You can pulp a story, but you cannot destroy an idea. Don’t you understand? That’s ancient knowledge. You cannot destroy an idea!

Tell me, please. Who am I?

Don’t you know?

Tell me.

You are the dreamer… and the dream.

Joseph Sisko

The question is, what are you going to do?

Benjamin Sisko

The only thing I can do. Stay here and finish the job I started. And if I fail...

Joseph

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

Benjamin

I've never known you to quote from the Bible.

Joseph

I'm full of surprises, aren't I? And so are you. Sounds like that dream you had helped you sort things out.

Benjamin

I suppose it did. But I have begun to wonder: what if it wasn’t a dream? What if this life we’re leading, all of this -- you and me, everything -- what if all of this is the illusion?

Joseph

That’s a scary thought.

Benjamin

I know, I know. But maybe, just maybe, Benny isn’t the dream. We are. Maybe we’re nothing more than figments of his imagination. For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us.