Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)
Melora (1993)
Terry Farrell: Lt. Jadzia Dax
Quotes
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[Dr. Bashir has given Melora a treatment enabling her to walk around without motor controls]
Melora : I don't understand myself. How can I possibly have second thoughts? This would mean real independence. It's everything I ever wished for. But then I start to think about home, and how I will never be able to go back. Well, maybe just for a short visit, but... never *really* go back.
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : The Little Mermaid.
Melora : Mermaid?
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : It's an Earth fable by Hans Christian Andersen. She trades her magical life under the sea for a pair of legs, to walk on land.
Melora : Didn't she live happily ever after?
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[being an Elaysian, Melora has to use a wheelchair to get around the station]
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : Julian knows more of your capabilities than any of us.
Melora : I don't need a medical opinion to tell me my own capabilities.
Commander Sisko : Ensign.
Melora : I simply object to being treated like someone who is ill.
Commander Sisko : I don't see anybody doing that.
Melora : Try sitting in the chair, Commander. No one can understand until they sit in the chair.
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[Melora and Dax are discussing subspace relationships]
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : Love across light years - it's just so...
Melora : It lacks intimacy.
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : You could say that.
Melora : I finish my mission here, I move on to the next one...
[sighs]
Melora : What kind of future is that for a romance?
Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : Look at the alternative.
Melora : I guess.