Major Kira Nerys

"I suppose you want the office."

"I thought I'd say hello first, and then take the office. But we can do this in any order you'd like."

"The Cardassians probably told you you didn't stand a chance either. Did you surrender?"

"No."

"Why do you expect me to act any different than you?"

"Did you really build that?"

"Apparently so."

"Why?"

"I have no idea."

"Nothing justifies genocide."

"If you want to change the government, Minister Jaro, you vote to change it. You don't sneak up from behind it with a dagger."

"That's because you don't socialise with them the way I do. Looking back over seven lifetimes, I can't think of a single race I've enjoyed more."

"Did anyone ever tell you that you have very strange taste?"

"Actually, I just stopped by to return this."

"Why? Is something wrong with it?"

"No, it's lovely. I just can't accept it."

"Then I suppose a night of wild passionate romance is out of the question?"

"That's right."

"Just thought I'd ask."

"It's hard to keep a secret in Ops, especially when you've been shouting at a monitor for the past two days."

"Thought I kept it down to an angry whisper."

"Let's just say your voice carries."

"He happens to be brilliant, his brain is twice the size of yours and mine."

"I know, I've seen it."

"It's not his fault Gallamites have transparent skulls."

"We've got ships from here to New Bajor out looking for you. Where have you been?"

"Through the Looking-Glass, Commander. But it's good to be back."

"You're trying to be a hero. Terrorists don't get to be heros."

"Do you really believe that I'm the Emissary?"

"I guess I always have. I never wanted to admit it to myself. It's hard to work for someone who's a religious icon."

"Oh, you sound just like a Cardassian."

"I beg your pardon?"

"They have denied the possibility of ancient contact for decades because they cannot stand the idea of Bajor having interstellar flight before they did."

"With all due respect, Major, you're beginning to sound like a Romulan."

"A Romulan?"

"There is no piece of technology in existence they don't claim they invented before everyone else."

"Why is it when you smile I want to leave the room?"

"I suppose it's because of my overwhelming charm."

"Lately, when my mind wanders, I find myself thinking more and more about Gul Marratt. Do you know him? Very dashing. One of Cardassia's rising stars. Graduate of the Cardassian Military Academy, smooth-talking junior member of the Detepa Council, and like your friend Shakaar, quite a lady's man. Especially with other officer's wives."

"Including yours?"

"Mmm. A year ago he wouldn't have dared, but now? I think the first thing I do when I'm returned to power is to demote him. Assign him to the Cardassian Embassy on Breen. I hear it's bitter cold on Breen. And we Cardassians do despise the cold..."

"The best way to survive a knife fight is never to get in one."

"If all your little advertisements aren't purged from our systems by the time I get back from the Gamma Quadrant, I will come to Quark's, and believe me, I will have fun."

"But don't forget, this... is still your fault."

"My fault?"

"You performed the transfer from Keiko to me."

"After you volunteered."

"After you put the idea in my head."

"After you flew the runabout into the asteroid field."

"After you insisted we check on those anomalous bio-scans."

"That was Keiko."

"That's right. It was, but I'd rather blame you."

"He wanted to protect the innocent, and separate the darkness from the light. But he didn't realise that a light only shines in the dark."

"The man is a heartless, cold-blooded killer."

"Like I said, he's a Cardassian!"

"Everyone has their reasons. That's what's so terrifying; people can find a way to justify any action, no matter how evil."

"They kill us, we kill them... it's nothing worth celebrating."

"I hate him."

"No, you don't."

"All he loves is latinum."

"No, he doesn't."

"Cancelling that wedding was the best thing that ever happened to me."

"No, it isn't."

"I am so glad, he's out of my life."

"No, you're not."

"Major, you haven't been listening to me."

"Yes, I have."

"I could make things very pleasant for you here, Kira."

"You could start by doing something about your breath."

"I'm a patient man. I can wait."

"Wait for what? What do you think is going to happen here, Dukat? That you're going to wear me down with your charming personality? That I'm going to be swept off my feet by that insincere smile? Are you really so deluded that you actually believe that we're going to have some kind of intimate relationship?"

"Oh, we already do."

"We all have scars, of one kind or another."

"I just never thought I'd see a Romulan eating a jumja stick."

"You can blink now, Colonel – you've won. Senator Cretak has agreed to remove the weapons from Derna."

"What changed her mind?"

"I told her, if she didn't remove them, I would."

"And what changed your mind?"

"You did... Remind me never to play poker with you."

"Will you come to dinner with us?"

"Please, I don't want to intrude..."

"Honestly, it's fine. It'll take some pressure off me. All he does is sit and count how many times I chew."

"This isn't easy for you, but you have to remember, they started this war. You didn't."

"That's true. But I know now, whichever side wins, one thing is certain, I'm going to lose."

"I've always found that when people try to convince others of their beliefs it's because they're really just trying to convince themselves."

"The Master told us you wouldn't approve of our beliefs. He said we should be patient with you."

"Don't go out of your way."

"You believe the Prophets are the true gods of Bajor. I believe the Pah-wraiths are. Let's just leave it at that."

"I'd be happy to. There's just one problem

"There are varieties of gagh?"

"Oh, yes. I can remember what each one tastes like... and the way they... move when you swallow them. Torgud gagh wiggles. Filden gagh squirms. Meshta gagh jumps. ... Bithool gagh has feet. ... Wistan gagh is packed in targ blood... I have to go now."

"Damar and Garak... should be an interesting mission."