- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We're out here to explore, to make contact with other life forms, to establish peaceful relations but not to interfere, and absolutely not to destroy - and yet look at what we have just done.
- Guinan: You saw exactly what you wanted to see on the holodeck. Sure, the computer made it look like her, gave it personality, but when it came to the relationship, La Forge, you... filled in the blanks. And you had a perfectly wonderful, marvelous little fantasy until the real Leah showed up and ruined it. Now, she's probably done the most horrific thing one person can do to another - not live up to your expectations - so I'd take a good, long, hard look at her, La Forge. See her for who she is, not for what you want her to be.
- [Leah has discovered Geordi's Leah Brahms program on the holodeck]
- Dr. Leah Brahms: I'm outraged by this! I have been invaded, violated! How dare you use me like this? How far did it go anyway? Was it good for you?
- Lt. Commander Data: Sir - is the appellation 'Junior' to be the life form's official name?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: No, it is not!
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: All right, look. Ever since you came on board, you've been badgering me, and I've taken it. I've shown you courtesy, and respect, and a hell of a lot of patience. Oh, no, no, no, wait a minute! I've tried to understand you, I've tried to get along with you, and in return, you accused, tried and convicted me without even bothering to hear my side of it. So, I'm guilty, okay, but not of what you think! Of something much worse. I'm guilty of... reaching out to you, of hoping we could connect. I'm guilty of a terrible crime, Doctor: I offered you friendship.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: Sometimes I feel more comfortable with engine schematics than people.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Well, maybe you just haven't met the right... people.
- [at Leah Brahms' arrival]
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Welcome aboard, Dr. Brahms. I'm... Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, Chief Engineer.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: La Forge. So you're the one who's fouled up my engine designs.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: The computer never told you that I was married?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: I never asked, and the computer is notorious for not volunteering information.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: How could it have been so far off? It was based on every piece of information on record about Leah Brahms. Okay, with an admitted margin for error, but this is an error that's about a light year wide.
- Guinan: Not what you hoped for, huh?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Hoped? Guinan, the woman is about as friendly as a Circassian plague cat. Only cares about her work, hates what I've done to *her* engines; and - to top it all off - she's married.
- [Geordi and Leah have settled their personal problems]
- Dr. Leah Brahms: I wouldn't change a thing - except for the way I behaved. I guess I came here with my own set of preconceptions about you.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Well, I guess I'm just glad that I got the opportunity to get to know you. The real you.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: Me too.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: [hologram] I'm with you every day, Geordi. Every time you look at this engine, you're looking at me. Every time you touch it, it's me.
- [before Leah Brahms' arrival]
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: I'm not necessarily expecting anything romantic here. It's just... I know, whatever - Leah Brahms and I are gonna be good friends.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: I make a great fungilli.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: I love fungilli.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Is that right?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: You remember about a year ago when we were caught in that booby trap the Menthars set?
- Guinan: Mm-hmm.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Okay, while we were trying to get out of it, I went down to the holodeck to study an engine prototype that was made when the Enterprise was first designed. And the computer, well, it gave me an image of the engine, but it also created this hologram of the designer, Dr. Leah Brahms.
- Guinan: So you met a computer-simulated female.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Yeah, but not an ordinary computer-simulated female. I mean, she was brilliant, of course, but warm, you know, friendly. It was like we worked as one. I would start a sentence, she'd finish it. What I didn't think of, she did. It was just so comfortable. Okay, I know it was just a holographic image, but the computer was able to incorporated personality traits from her Starfleet record.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: It's curious, this modification was due to be introduced...
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: In the next class starship.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: How did you know that?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: You remember, the crystal's been re-oriented to adjust the direction of the lattice structure.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: Remember? Why would I remember.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Computer, subdued lighting.
- [lights turn off]
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: No, that's too much. I don't want it dark. I want it cozy.
- Enterprise Computer: Please state your request in precise candle power.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: See, it's not a matter of precision, computer, it's a matter of mood.
- Guinan: Maybe it was your old visor.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: What are you talking about?
- Guinan: Well, the one you wore on the holodeck when you were with her.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Guinan, it's the same visor.
- Guinan: Really? Oh, I figured it was probably the one that lets you see what you want to see.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: Commander La Forge, ever since I came on board, there seems to be something a little peculiar about your attitude. You seem to know things about me, even though we've never met.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: I thought you knew. I mean, you know everything else about me. But Commander, if I'm hearing what I think I'm hearing, then you should know that I'm married.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: I should have told you straight out.
- Dr. Leah Brahms: Well if you had, then I never would have had a chance to see the look on your face when you walked in on me and me in the holodeck.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: The look on my face? How about the look on your face? I will remember that for a long time.