%- DS9 All Seasons (individual episodes) Quotes from Tim Lynch's reviews collected by Hans-Wolfgang Loidl <hwloidl@dcs.gla.ac.uk>
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"Live, Jadzia Dax.  Live a long, fresh, and wonderful life."
			-- "Dax"
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"What you call genocide, I call a day's work."
			--  Marritza, as "Gul Darheel", "Duet"
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"You know, I didn't think I was going to like him..."
			--  Odo, on Sisko, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", titled "Emissary"
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"Procreation does not require changing how you smell, or writing bad poetry, 
or sacrificing various plants to serve as tokens of affection."
			--  Odo, on romance, "The Forsaken"
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"Oh, that's right ... you were there for the groveling."
			--  Quark, "Move Along Home"
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"I didn't think you had the LOBES."
			--  Quark, "The Nagus"
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"There's nothing wrong with a good delusion; I sell them upstairs to dozens 
of people every day."
			--  Quark, "The Passenger"
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"You have to realize something, Major -- you're on the other side now.  
Pretty uncomfortable, isn't it?"
"It's awful."
			--  Sisko and Kira, "Progress"
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"There's someone down here in Security who wants to talk to you, Commander."
			--  Odo, "Past Prologue"
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"I am a teacher.  My responsibility is to expose my students to knowledge, 
not hide it from them."
			--  Keiko O'Brien, "In The Hands of the Prophets"
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"They're all ridiculously wealthy ... and not too bright."
			-- Quark, describing his select clientele, "Q-Less"
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"I think they're the ones offering services, Chief..."
			--  Bashir, on three of O'Brien's "gifts", "The Storyteller"
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"Don't thank me, I already regret it."
			--  Croden, then Odo, "Vortex"
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"He followed me home from the holosuite."
			--  Jake, "If Wishes Were Horses"
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"Stupidity is no excuse."
			-- "Rules of Acquisition"
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"Humanoid death rituals are an interest of mine."
"Death rituals?"
"Everybody needs a hobby."
			--  Odo and Quark, "The Alternate"
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"I'm not *blind*, you know."  
"Course not -- but you *are* married."
			--  O'Brien and Bashir, "Armageddon Game"
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"Kang thinks too much; Koloth doesn't feel enough."
			--  Kor, "Blood Oath"
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"I am no more a spy than you are --"
"-- a doctor."
			--  Garak and Bashir, "Cardassians,"
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"Will someone _please_ explain this conversation to me?"
			--  Bashir, "The Circle."
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"Perfect:  not only is it illegal, it's sacrilegious."
			--  Quark, "The Collaborator."
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"Have you lost your mind?"
"No.  I just ... *changed* it."
			--  mirror-Kira and mirror-Sisko, "Crossover"
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"But it's based on a lie!"
"No -- it's based on a *legend*, and legends are as powerful as any truth."
			--  Li and Sisko, "The Homecoming."
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"They reduced my entire life to one word: 'unsuitable'."
			--  Verad, "Invasive Procedures"
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"Lieutenant, have you ever thought about serving on a starship?"
"I'm happy where I am."
"Good."
			--  Keogh and Dax, "The Jem'Hadar"
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"You two aren't, I mean..."
[laughter] "Oh, no.  She may not be Curzon, but she *is* Dax."
"Yes ... that would be extremely ... *strange*."
			--  Hudson and Sisko, "The Maquis, Part I"
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"The trouble is EARTH.  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."
			--  Sisko, "The Maquis, Part II"
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"Am I missing a choice here, Fallit?"
			--  Quark, "Melora"
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"My own very adequate memory not being good enough for Starfleet, I am 
pleased to put my voice to this official record of this day.  Everything's 
under control.  End log."
			--  Odo, "Necessary Evil"
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"An interesting philosophy -- and while we're debating it, a woman is dying."
"We're doing everything we can for her."  "No, we're *not*!"
			--  Sisko and Alixus, "Paradise"
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"May the Prophets guide you."
			--  Kira, "Playing God"
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"If you're not a spy ... maybe you're an outcast."
"Or maybe I'm an outcast spy."
"How can you be both?"
"I never said I was either."
			--  Bashir and Garak, "Profit and Loss"
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"I am _way_ beyond frustrated."
			--  Kira, "Sanctuary"
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"That's a rather personal question."
"Sorry, but after seven lifetimes, the impersonal questions aren't much fun 
any more."
			--  Odo and Dax, "Shadowplay"
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"The guys flying those ships -- used to be the guys flying THESE ships."
			--  Kira, "The Siege"
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"No, they did, they *got* to you..."
			--  O'Brien, "Whispers"
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"Doctor, did anyone ever tell you that you are an infuriating pest?"
"Chief O'Brien, all the time, and I don't pay any attention to him, either."
			--  Garak and Bashir, "The Wire"
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"Is that all you can think about?  Killing?  Isn't there anything else you
	think about?"
"I don't think so."
			--  Odo and the Jem'Hadar, "The Abandoned"
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"My son, the writer, thinks I ought to say something profound on this
occasion."
			--  Sisko, "The Adversary"
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"Let me guess.  Someone tried to duplicate my access code, mmm?"
			--  Gul Dukat, "Civil Defense"
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"This is about you, isn't it?  You and that other Will Riker out there --
the one with your face, your name, your career."
			--  Kira, "Defiant"
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"Where you see the Sword of Stars, I see a comet; where you see
vipers, I see three scientists; and where you see the Emissary, I see
a Starfleet officer."
			--  Sisko, "Destiny"
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"You know what the sad part is, Constable?  I'm really a very GOOD
tailor."
			--  Garak, "The Die is Cast"
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"... and what I find interesting is how your mind ended up casting
*me* in the role of the villain! [...] To think, after all this time,
all our lunches together, you STILL don't trust me.  There's hope for
you yet, doctor."
			--  Garak, "Distant Voices"
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"Beets are a very misunderstood vegetable."
			--  Sisko, "Equilibrium"
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"Why not [confront her] right now?"
"Because you can barely *stand up* right now."
"Good point ... good point." [thud]
			--  Bashir and O'Brien, "Explorers"
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"He wants to be a writer -- there's no profit in THAT."
			--  Nog, "Facets"
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"You only cook Hungarian food when you're in a really good mood."
			--  Jake Sisko, "Family Business"
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"And you know what all those games taught me?  That I'm a poor substitute
for your *wife*."
"I coulda told you that 60 games ago."
			--  Bashir and O'Brien, "Fascination"
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"No Changeling has ever harmed another."
"There's always a first time."
			-- "Heart of Stone"
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"Always burn your bridges behind you; you never know who might be
trying to follow."
			--  Enabran Tain, "Improbable Cause"
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"Do I get a vote?"
"Of course you do.  It just doesn't count."
			--  Sisko and Kira, "Through the Looking Glass"
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"I can't remember the last time I did this:  strolled through a garden,
climbed a tree..."
"Threw up on some pushy guy ..."
			--  Dax and us, "Meridian"
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"Probably raining in Tasmania anyway."
			--  B.C., "Past Tense, Part II"
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"Right.  So throw a dart."
			--  O'Brien, "Prophet Motive"
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"How can I repay you?"  
"I would like a *divorce*, please -- no offense."
			--  Grilka and Quark, "The House of Quark"
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"Can I speak freely?"
[nod]
"What the HELL is wrong with Starfleet?"
			--  Kira and Sisko, "The Search, Part I"
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"I don't believe it; I'm talking to a tree."
			--  Kira, "The Search, Part II"
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"Don't worry; he's on our side ... I think."
			--  Kira, "Second Skin"
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"He's back there ... in the ZONE."
			--  Sisko, referring to O'Brien, "Shakaar"
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"I *HATE* temporal mechanics!"
			--  O'Brien, "Visionary"
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"I see now why Kai Opaka believed you were the Emissary -- and why
Winn fears you."
			--  Akorem Laan, "Accession"
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"Oh, I'm perfectly healthy, except that I have this disgusting cyst on
the back of my neck.  Now, either I paint a nose, eyes and mouth on it
and pretend I've got two heads, or you take it off."
"Well ... I'll get you some paint."
			--  O'Brien and Bashir, "Bar Association"
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"I must say, Doctor, this is more than I *ever* wanted to know about
your fantasy life." 
			--  Garak, "Our Man Bashir"
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"Maybe I wasn't clear; I'm not dying."
"Maybe *I* wasn't clear; I don't *care*."
			--  Quark and Brunt, "Body Parts"
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"I don't know -- maybe it's just being in the same room with so many
naked men."
			--  Dax, "Broken Link"
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"For a minute there, I thought you were talking to me as a friend."
"Nah."
			--  Odo and Quark, "Crossfire"
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"Wait 'til you get a fourth pip on your collar.  You'll wish you had
gone into *botany*."
			--  Sisko, "Rules of Engagement"
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"Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are
harassed and ridiculed.  Why?  Because we've *left* the Federation,
and that's the one thing you can't accept.  Nobody leaves Paradise."
			- Eddington, "For the Cause"
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"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."
			--  Ziyal and Kira, "Return to Grace"
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"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 anyone did to me,
I was still an evolved human being -- I failed."
			--  O'Brien, "Hard Time"
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"You are a soldier?"  "I have been."  "Then you explain."
			-- "Hippocratic Oath"
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"Benjamin Lafayette Sisko -- what the hell has gotten into your head?"
			--  Joseph Sisko, "Homefront"
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"Well, it could've been worse.  He could've said 'it's a VERY big
step.'"
			--  Bashir, "Indiscretion"
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"We forced them to help us with ... with ..."
"With your insidious mind control powers."
"That's not bad."
			-- "Little Green Men"
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"I especially like the father."
			--  Sisko, on a character in Jake's novel, "The Muse"
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"Don't kid yourself, Ben.  This Pandora's box of yours -- we're
opening it together."
			--  ADM Leyton, "Paradise Lost"
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"And I was so arrogant I thought I could find one in a *week*."
"Maybe it was arrogant to think that -- but it's even more arrogant to
think there is no cure just because *you* couldn't find it."
			--  Bashir and Dax, "The Quickening"
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"I didn't come here to listen to a lecture about my responsibilities!"
"You came here for advice from a friend, and that's *exactly* what
you're getting!"
			--  Dax and Sisko, "Rejoined"
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"So what am I supposed to do with these torpedoes?"
"I have a few ideas."
			--  mirror-Bashir and mirror-O'Brien, "Shattered Mirror"
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"I don't get seven hours sleep at the station!"
"Must be the company."
			--  Kira and O'Brien, "Sons of Mogh"
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"Well, we'll worry about that tomorrow."
"That's easy for you to say -- it's your day off."
			-- "Starship Down"
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"It was our destiny to *find* it.  It just wasn't our destiny ... to
keep it."
			--  Kor, "The Sword of Kahless"
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"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."
			--  Omet'iklan, "To the Death"
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"I am Chief Miles Edward O'Brien.  I'm very much alive, and I intend
to *stay* that way."
			--  O'Brien, "To the Death"
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"To my father ... who's coming home."
			-- "The Visitor"
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"Doctor, if a Klingon *were* to kill me, I'd expect nothing less
than an entire opera on the subject."
			--  Odo, "The Way of the Warrior"
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"Shakaar's not the father."
"Then who is?"
"Chief O'Brien."
			--  Kira playing with Dukat's mind, "Apocalypse Rising"
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"You wouldn't last a week at the Academy."
"You're right.  I'd die of embarrassment wearing those pajamas."
			--  Nog and Jake, "The Ascent"
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"I know what you're planning, but don't worry.  I don't give a damn
about the Celestial Temple or your noncorporeal feuds; I just want my
wife back."
			--  O'Brien, "The Assignment"
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"I am *happy*, Quark.  Can't you just accept it?"
"No.  It doesn't fit.  If you're happy, there's something very wrong
in the world."
			--  Odo and Quark, "The Begotten"
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"I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy.  I know many things."
			--  Worf, "The Darkness and the Light"
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"This would make a wonderful interrogation chamber.  Tight quarters,
no air, bad lighting, random electric shocks ... it's perfect."
			--  Garak, "By Inferno's Light"
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"Anyone who's been in battle would recognize himself in this -- most
of us wouldn't care to admit it.  It takes courage to look inside
yourself, and even more courage to write it for other people to see.
I'm proud of you, son."
			--  Benjamin Sisko, "Nor the Battle to the Strong"
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"Enough."
"This is ridiculous!"
"...but I cannot watch this any longer!"
"Oh, amen to all three..."
			--  Worf, Quark, Grilka's guard Fo'Pok, and me, "Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"
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"You used to be my father.  Now, you're my architect:  the man who
designed a better son, to replace the defective one he was given."
			--  Julian Bashir, "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"
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"Then why all of the deception?"
"Because lying is a skill like any other, and if you want to maintain
a level of excellence you have to practice constantly."
			--  Worf and Garak, "In Purgatory's Shadow"
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"Before Captain Sisko found B'hala, my path was clear.  I knew who my
enemies were, but now ... now nothing is certain."
"Makes life interesting, doesn't it?"
			--  Kai Winn and Kira, "Rapture"
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"Do you have any gods, Captain Sisko?"
"There are ... things ... I believe in."
"Duty?  Starfleet, the Federation?  You must be pleased with yourself;
you have this ship to take back to them.  I hope it was worth it."
"So do I."
			-- "The Ship"
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"I see I'm going to have to add the word pickpocket to your resume."
"It's only a hobby."
			--  Odo and Garak, "Things Past"
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"In the old days, operations officers wore red, command officers wore
gold --"  "And women wore less."  "I think I'm going to like history."
			--  Sisko, Dax, and Bashir, "Trials and Tribble-ations."
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"Sir, have you ever reminded Starfleet Command that they stationed
Eddington here because they didn't trust me?"
"No."
"Please do."
			--  Odo and Sisko, "For the Uniform"
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"I think I'm gonna be sick."
			--  Quark, "Let He Who Is Without Sin"
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