Have you dreamed about scissors recently?
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Whoever it was that sent that thing was more than simply curious...
I've been in this room before.
We've all been here before.
Everything was normal and then, suddenly it's like the laws of physics went right out the window.
And why shouldn't they? They're so inconvenient.
Are you responsible for this incident in engineering?
Of course! I needed to find out if what I suspected about the girl were true.
That being...
That she's Q.
What is it about these squirming little infants that you find so appealing?
I'm sure that's beyond your comprehension, Q.
I desperately hope so.
Crusher gets more shrill with every passing year.
You don't have to eat, you know. It's a nasty human habit you could do without.
Your... arrogant pretense at being the moral guardians of the universe strikes me as being hollow, Q. I see no evidence that you're guided by a superior moral code or any code whatsoever. You may be nearly omnipotent, and I don't deny that your... parlor tricks are very impressive. But morality, I don't see it. I don't acknowledge it, Q! I would put human morality against the Q's any day. And perhaps that's the reason that we fascinate you so - because our puny behavior shows you a glimmer of the one thing that evades your omnipotence: a moral center. And if so, I can think of no crueler irony than that you should destroy this young woman, whose only crime is that she's too human.
Jean-Luc, sometimes I think the only reason I come here is to listen to these wonderful speeches of yours...
[Q has indicated he will murder Amanda if she's not a pure Q.]
You would be so despicable?
Don't be naïve. You have no idea what it means to be Q. With unlimited power comes responsibility. Do you think it is reasonable for us to allow omnipotent beings to roam free through the universe?
So what have you concluded? Does she live or does she die?
I haven't decided yet.
I don't interfere with what you're teaching her.
You wouldn't be capable of interfering.
I don't think it's too much to ask for you to do the same.
(Beverly is suddenly turned into a red setter dog, barking. Amanda restores her to human)
(who apparently didn't notice her transformation) And you stay out of mine!
ARAmanda Rogers
Ever since I got here, I've been fighting this… I've been denying the truth… denying what I am. I am Q.
(returning from leave, Picard is showing the others his archaeological finds)
You were on one of the most beautiful planets in the entire quadrant, and you spent the entire time in a cave?
(nodding happily) It was a very rewarding experience. Look at these fragments! They're very nearly in perfect condition, and yet they're seven hundred years old.
So's my father.
This is the first time these Jefferies tubes haven't seemed cramped.
How much farther do we have to go?
About fifty metres. Don't tell me you're tired.
Guinan (wryly): I'm not as young as I used to be. (Ro gets the joke and chuckles)
[in Texan accent] Howdy, commander!
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