- Quark: Did you hear? Keiko's gonna have another baby!
- Lt. Commander Worf: [alarmed] Now?
- Chief O'Brien: No! Seven months.
- Lt. Commander Worf: I see...
- Chief O'Brien: [to Bashir] Worf delivered Molly, you know.
- Doctor Bashir: Really?
- Chief O'Brien: The Enterprise was damaged. Keiko and he were trapped together when her time came.
- Doctor Bashir: [to Worf] Oh well, I'll, uh, be sure and call you, when she's ready to deliver; you can lend a hand.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Seven months? Unfortunately I will be away from the station at that time... Far away... Visiting my parents, on Earth... Excuse me.
- [leaves in a hurry]
- Doctor Bashir: Quark, did you hear? Chief O'Brien is having a baby!
- Quark: I thought your females carried your young.
- Captain Sisko: [on relinquishing his role as Emissary] No more ceremonies to attend; no more blessings to give; no more prophecies to fulfill. I'm just a Starfleet officer again. All I have to worry about are the Klingons, the Dominion, and the Maquis. I feel like I'm on vacation!
- [Kira has suggested Major Jatarn as new first officer for Sisko]
- Major Kira: If, um... if you don't hit it off with Major Jatarn, um, I can think of a few other people. Shouldn't be that hard to find someone to replace me.
- Captain Sisko: I don't doubt that I can find someone to fill your post. But to replace you...
- Quark: I remember when my nephew Nog was a baby. Cutest thing you ever saw! You know babies - every little thing they pick up goes straight into their ears.
- Odo: Forgive me, Major, I don't mean to be difficult, but your faith seems to have led you to something of a contradiction.
- Major Kira: I don't see it as a contradiction.
- Odo: I don't understand.
- Major Kira: That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it you can't understand it, and if you do - no explanation is necessary.
- [Kira places a crude clay sculpture in front of Sisko]
- Major Kira: I want you to have this. It's an original Kira Nerys. Could be very valuable one day.
- Captain Sisko: I hear she didn't make many.
- Chief O'Brien: Wanna try for twins?
- Keiko O'Brien: I don't think it works that way. You'd better brush up on your biology.
- Chief O'Brien: Teach me!
- [first lines; Bashir and O'Brien enter the O'Briens' quarters, wearing bomber jackets]
- Doctor Bashir: I thought you said you'd started straightening this place up!
- Chief O'Brien: You should have seen it earlier.
- Doctor Bashir: Well, Keiko's shuttle will be here before we know it. We should have left the holosuite hours ago.
- Chief O'Brien: What, and let the Jerries cross the Channel? Never!
- [O'Brien and Bashir are straightening up the O'Brien's quarters for Keiko, who is returning after two months]
- Doctor Bashir: It is sort of a shame to pack this stuff away.
- Chief O'Brien: Wish we didn't have to.
- Doctor Bashir: It's like a sculpture, a monument to your year as a bachelor.
- Chief O'Brien: I suppose it is.
- Doctor Bashir: Who are we to dismantle this piece of art?
- Chief O'Brien: I don't know. But if we don't, Keiko will dismantle me.
- Molly O'Brien: Daddy, Daddy, I have a little brother!
- Chief Miles Edward O'Brien: Really?
- [points at Molly's doll]
- Chief Miles Edward O'Brien: Is that him?
- Molly O'Brien: No, he's in there.
- [She points at her mum's belly. O'Brien looks up]
- Keiko O'Brien: Surprise!
- Captain Sisko: I remember when I got promoted to lieutenant; it took me a while to get used to being called 'sir' by my friends who were still ensigns.
- Chief O'Brien: [pointing at Morn] I see you found someone to play darts with... I've set up a board in our quarters so Molly and I can play.
- Doctor Bashir: Well, Morn's, um... he's pretty good.
- Chief O'Brien: So's Molly.
- [both sighing]
- Chief O'Brien, Doctor Bashir: [simultaneously] It's not the same!
- Kai Opaka: [as prophet] Who are you?
- Captain Sisko: Don't you know me?
- Kai Opaka: [as prophet] Know you? How can I know someone who doesn't know himself?
- Akorem Laan: [to Sisko] Your pagh is strong. I see now why Kai Opaka believed you were the Emissary. And why Winn fears you.
- [Sisko is criticizing Akorem's plan to bring back Bajor's ancient traditions]
- Akorem Laan: Must I remind you, Captain? I'm merely fulfilling the will of the Prophets.
- Captain Sisko: How do you know that?
- Akorem Laan: I'm the Emissary.
- Captain Sisko: And what you've done with the position has made me wish I had never given it up.
- Captain Sisko: I was just reading one of Akorem's poems, "The Call of the Prophets".
- Major Kira: Oh, that's one of my favorites. It's a shame he never finished it.
- Captain Sisko: He did. Look.
- [he hands her the PADD with the poem]
- Major Kira: Now, this is confusing. The last time I read this poem, it ended after the 12th stanza. If the timeline's been changed, then why do I remember things the way they used to be?
- Captain Sisko: The Prophets work in mysterious ways.
- Kai Opaka: [as prophet] We are of Bajor.
- Captain Sisko: What does that mean?
- Kai Opaka: [as prophet] You are of Bajor.
- [last lines]
- Onara: Excuse me, sir.
- Sisko: Yes?
- Onara: I'm sorry to bother you but tomorrow, after evening services in the temple, we're having my daughter's i'hantu ceremony. She's turning fourteen.
- Sisko: Happy birthday.
- Onara: We were wondering if there's any chance you could come and give her your blessing. It would mean so much to us.
- Sisko: I'd be happy to.
- Onara: Thank you, Emissary.
- Sisko: You're welcome.