- Joseph Sisko: Life is full of choices. You make them and hope for the best. Sometimes you're right; sometimes you're not.
- Quark: [about Sto-vo-kor] Imagine what it must be like - hordes of rampaging Klingons, fighting and singing, sweating and belching.
- Doctor Bashir: Sounds like this place on a Saturday night.
- Quark: Would *you* want to spend eternity here?
- Chief O'Brien: Apparently there is a way for Worf to ensure that Jadzia gets into Sto-vo-kor. He has to win a great battle in her name.
- Quark: I could let him beat me at tongo.
- Chief O'Brien: Not good enough - unless he has to carve his way through a hundred Jem'Hadar to get to the table.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Sing the song.
- Vic Fontaine: I don't think that's such a good idea.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Sing the song.
- Vic Fontaine: Come on, pally, why rub salt in an open wound?
- Lt. Commander Worf: You are a hologram. You're programed to do as I say. Sing the song.
- Vic Fontaine: It's your dime. Park it right there.
- [Worf sits at the table Vic has indicated to him]
- Vic Fontaine: And don't say I didn't warn you. Which reminds me of a story Joey once told me...
- Lt. Commander Worf: SING!
- Vic Fontaine: Son of a gun, I think he means it.
- Vic Fontaine: [on Worf] I don't care how much he threatens me, that's the last time I ever sing 'All the Way'. He wants to hear it again, let him buy a Sinatra album.
- Vic Fontaine: The band is threatening to quit.
- Quark: They can't quit. They're holograms.
- Vic Fontaine: They don't know that!
- [last lines]
- Ensign Ezri Dax: Hello, Benjamin.
- Ben Sisko: Do I know you?
- Ensign Ezri Dax: It's me - Dax.
- Odo: A lot of people feel abandoned by the Prophets.
- Colonel Kira: Believe me, I know how they feel. It's no excuse to turn to hate and fear.
- Odo: In times of trouble, some people find comfort in hate and fear.
- Quark: So, what did you find out?
- Chief O'Brien: That you should never try to match drinks with a Klingon.
- [O'Brien, Bashir and Quark talk about Worf who thinks that Jadzia has not gone into Sto-vo-kor]
- Doctor Bashir: What makes him think she's not in Sto-vo-kor?
- Chief O'Brien: Well, for one thing, she never ate the heart of one of her enemies.
- Quark: She always was a little squeamish.
- Chief O'Brien: And secondly, she didn't die in glorious battle.
- Quark: You mean, being murdered by a Pah-wraith in cold blood doesn't count?
- [Bashir intends to go on a dangerous mission to help Jadzia get into Sto-vo-kor]
- Doctor Bashir: This gives me a chance to honor her memory, and I'm gonna take it. And that, my friend, is my final word on the subject.
- Chief O'Brien: You know what this means, don't you?
- Doctor Bashir: Yes. That I'm risking my life for a very dubious cause.
- Chief O'Brien: No. It means I'm going to risk my life for a friend who's risking his life for a very dubious cause.
- Chief O'Brien: Pretty soon the Defiant will be going into battle, Worf will be happy and the rest of us will be miserable.
- Admiral Ross: You've done a fine job taking over for Captain Sisko.
- Colonel Kira: I'm just keeping his seat warm.
- Ben Sisko: I came back here to clear my head. To try to figure out what to do next. Maybe learning the truth about my mother is the first step of this journey.
- Joseph Sisko: Well, from here on out, I hope the Prophets keep their noses out of my business.
- Ben Sisko: [to Jake and Joseph Sisko] Have you both lost your minds?
- Joseph Sisko: Apparently it runs in the family.
- Quark: You want to get Jadzia into Sto-vo-kor - fine, fine, I'm all for it. But can't you do something more sensible? Make a donation in her name, or bribe someone.
- Doctor Bashir: It doesn't work that way, Quark.
- Ben Sisko: [after learning the truth about his mother] Are there any other secrets I should know about?
- Joseph Sisko: Just my gumbo recipe. But I'm taking that to my grave.
- Joseph Sisko: You thinking about Sarah?
- Ben Sisko: Actually I was thinking about Jadzia. She always used to be here to help me sort things out. I miss her.
- Odo: Nerys - I realize that things may seem bleak at the moment; but there's always hope.
- Colonel Kira: When did you turn into an optimist?
- Odo: Must have been that day in front of Quark's when we kissed for the first time.
- Colonel Kira: That was some kiss, wasn't it?
- Odo: Changed my life.
- Weyoun: Tell me, Damar, when you're alone, do you even bother with a glass or do you just drink that swill directly from the bottle?
- Joseph Sisko: [his late wife, Sarah Sisko] She was, without a doubt, the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.
- [first lines]
- Odo: Colonel.
- Kira: I wish you'd stop doing that.
- Odo: Doing what?
- Kira: Calling me by my rank. I was promoted two months ago. Besides, it sounds so formal.
- Odo: Well, has Admiral Ross, or should I say Bill, arrived yet?
- Kira: The Admiral's ship is due in three hours and I wish I knew what he wanted to talk to me about.
- Odo: Maybe he's bringing good news. We could certainly use it.
- Kira: Yeah, well, don't get your hopes up. There was something about the tone of his voice.
- Odo: Something ominous?
- Kira: Something pleasant. It was like he was going out of his way to be nice.
- Odo: I see.
- Kira: Well, whatever he wants to tell me, he knows I'm not going to like it.
- Odo: How can you be so sure?
- Kira: It comes with the job. No, I'm serious. Sitting in the captain's chair, having that kind of responsibility, it focuses you.
- Odo: Well, I'll take your word for it.
- Kira: [Looking down at the crowd gathered outside the station's temple] How long have they been there?
- Odo: Three days.
- Kira: I remember when the Cult of the Pah-Wraiths was a joke. Now those red armbands are appearing all over Bajor. It's like everyone's gone crazy.
- [Ezri's first line of the series]
- Ensign Ezri Dax: That's all right, Mr. Sisko, I'm not hungry. I'm here to see Ben.