- [last lines]
- Chief O'Brien: I never shook her hand, and I never saw her face. But she... she made me laugh... and she made me weep. She was all by herself, and, and I was surrounded by my friends. Yet I felt more alone than she did. We've grown apart, the lot of us. We didn't mean for it to happen; but it did. The war changed us, pulled us apart. Lisa Cusak was my friend. But you are also my friends, and I want my friends in my life. Because someday we're gonna wake up, and we're gonna find that someone is missing from this circle. And on that day, we're gonna mourn. And we shouldn't have to mourn alone. To Lisa, and the sweet sound of her voice.
- Major Kira: I don't know, Odo - you sure you wanna let him get away with smuggling Denevan crystals?
- Odo: I owe him one. So he'll get this one - but *just* this one.
- Quark: I'm gonna win this one, Jake. You know what the best part is? I beat Odo - I finally beat him!
- Kasidy Yates: If you're gonna do something, do it right; that's what my father used to say.
- Captain Sisko: Every father says that. Even I say that.
- Kasidy Yates: That's why you're a good parent. You know all the clichés by heart.
- Kasidy Yates: [about Bashir, who is sparing with words] There was a time when you couldn't get him to shut up.
- Captain Sisko: I think I like him better this way.
- Kasidy Yates: That's mean.
- Captain Sisko: I was just kidding.
- Kasidy Yates: No - you weren't.
- Lisa's Voice: How did they let you out of medical school with this kind of bedside manner? Are you sure you're a doctor?
- Doctor Bashir: I graduated, second in my class in fact.
- Lisa's Voice: Ooh! And we're especially proud of that, aren't we?
- Doctor Bashir: I get the feeling that it's gonna take me some hours to crawl out of this rather sizable hole I've dug for myself.
- Lisa's Voice: Not at all. It'll take you days!
- Major Kira: Why is it every time I think I have you figured out you do something to surprise me? Like tonight - where did you get the idea to celebrate our one-month anniversary in Paris?
- Odo: Well - some mysteries are better left unsolved.
- Lisa's Voice: This is a general distress call. I am a citizen of the United Federation of Planets and a Starfleet officer. If you can hear me, please respond. My government will reward you for any assistance you can offer, and most of all, you'll be my personal heroes. Repeat:...
- Captain Sisko: Chief, I want you to establish a two-way com link with this woman, and when you do, tell her... tell her, her heroes are on the way.
- Lisa's Voice: I can't sleep. I think the injections are keeping me awake. I haven't had anyone to talk to for two days.
- Captain Sisko: We will be able to help you with that, Captain. I'll have one of my officers stay on the com line with you at all times.
- Lisa's Voice: And order them to enjoy it, too!
- Chief O'Brien: I have this... this growing sense of isolation. I see people, I... talk to them, I laugh with them... But some part of me is always saying... "They may not be here tomorrow. Don't get too close."
- Jake Sisko: [to Quark; about Odo] He has deputies.
- Quark: Deputies I can handle. With Odo out of the way, my only problem is...
- [Genuinely estatic]
- Quark: What to do with all the money I'm gonna make!
- [gasps in excitement]
- Quark: [to Jake] Lesson number 1: No criminal thinks of himself as nefarious. I'm a *businessman*, okay?
- Quark: [Odo just picked a Holosuite program for his date with Major Kira; admiringly] Ah... Paris, 1928. Nice choice! Say as you will about hyoo-mons today, their past was simply... romantic!
- Lt. Cmdr. Jadzia Dax: It's called an Irish wake. It's a way to memorialize the death and celebrate life at the same time.
- Lt. Cmdr. Worf: What are we supposed to do?
- Lt. Cmdr. Jadzia Dax: Well, drink, sing songs. Laugh, cry, talk about the deceased.
- Lt. Cmdr. Worf: It sounds almost Klingon.