- Counselor Troi: [to Picard] My mother is beginning a physiological phase. It's one that all Betazoid women must deal with as they enter midlife.
- Commander William T. Riker: Yes, it's something Troi warned me about when we first started to see each other. A Betazoid woman, when she goes through this phase... quadruples her sex drive.
- Counselor Troi: Or more.
- Commander William T. Riker: Or more? You never told me that.
- Counselor Troi: I didn't want to frighten you.
- [Data has just saved Picard from Lwaxana Troi's advances, diverting her with boring stories]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Data, you will never know how much I owe you for that.
- Lt. Commander Data: Indeed, Captain? I know many more interesting anecdotes, sir. For example...
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Data...
- Lt. Commander Data: Sir?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Later.
- Lt. Commander Data: Yes, sir.
- Lwaxana Troi: [telepathically, of Riker] Is he still yours?
- Counselor Troi: [telepathically] Humans no longer own each other that way, Mother.
- Lwaxana Troi: Really? That's a custom we may have to introduce again.
- Counselor Troi: It's only at midlife that a Betazoid female becomes... well... fully sexual, if you know what I mean.
- Doctor Pulaski: Yes, I, I think I do. I also think that I saw the Captain on his way to her quarters.
- Counselor Troi: I wonder if I shouldn't warn him.
- Doctor Pulaski: No! As ship's doctor, I consider it an excellent exercise for his reflexes and agility.
- Counselor Troi: [about her mother] She has decided to focus all her sexual energy on one male, who will, of course, eventually become her husband. It seems, Captain, that... you are the early favorite.
- Commander William T. Riker: Congratulations, sir!
- Lwaxana Troi: You never assume anything where Lwaxana Troi is concerned. Betazoid women are full of surprises.
- [Riker prevents Deanna from telling her mother off]
- Counselor Troi: Why did you stop me? Somebody needs to set her straight.
- Commander William T. Riker: I think I'll leave that to the Captain.
- Counselor Troi: Coward.
- [Lwaxana Troi is beamed aboard in a kneeling position]
- Lwaxana Troi: [looking down] Legs! Where are the legs?
- Counselor Troi: Where they belong, Mother - right under you.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Well, under the circumstances, I think it would be... prudent if I were to make myself... less available for the duration of the journey.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [introducing a holo-character from the Dixon Hill novels to Riker and Data] I want you to meet Rex...
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Rex] You know, I don't think I ever heard your last name.
- Rex: Hmm... Don't think I have one. Just Rex, that's all.
- [Lwaxana Troi has decided to marry Rex]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mrs. Troi, there is something you ought to know about Rex.
- Lwaxana Troi: Oh?
- Lwaxana Troi: Now, that's more like it. Your thoughts, they're primal, savage. I like that in a man.
- Lieutenant Worf: I am not a man!
- Lieutenant Worf: Captain, we are being hailed by a small transport vessel just coming into range.
- Counselor Troi: [horrified] Oh, my God.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: What's the problem?
- Counselor Troi: What's she doing here?
- Wesley Crusher: On screen, Captain.
- Transporter Pilot: Starship Enterprise, come in.
- Commander William T. Riker: We have you on viewer, pilot.
- Transporter Pilot: Enterprise, I have a passenger, a VIP passenger who I more...
- Lwaxana Troi: [shoving the pilot aside] Oh, let me talk to them. I'm sure I'm more articulate than that.
- Counselor Troi: Mother.
- Commander William T. Riker: I'm sorry they startled you, Mrs. Troi. They're Antedean delegates; they're being stored here temporarily.
- Lwaxana Troi: Delegates? Last time I saw something like that it was being served on a plate.
- Counselor Troi: You're scheming something, Mother. Don't try to fool me, I can tell.
- Lwaxana Troi: You're always so melodramatic, little one. I'm not scheming. I'm deciding.
- Lwaxana Troi: Oh, Jean-Luc! What naughty thoughts - but how wonderful you still think of me like that.
- Counselor Troi: What stage is it in?
- Lwaxana Troi: Oh, I have it completely under control.
- Counselor Troi: What stage is it in?
- Lwaxana Troi: Well, far enough along for me to enjoy it, little one.
- Counselor Troi: Now I know why you wore that dress.
- Lwaxana Troi: Wha...? Don't be ridiculous. This simple little dress? Nothing provocative about it.
- Counselor Troi: What are we going to do?
- Lwaxana Troi: Well, I'm going to do the only honorable thing there is to do - and I'd say your captain has the inside track.
- Counselor Troi: Mother, don't even think it.
- Lwaxana Troi: Why not? He was thinking about it all through dinner.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [Lwaxana walks off. Deanna sighs and follows. Cut to minutes later in Picard's ready room] I was what? I tell you, Deanna, for a telepath, your mother's accuracy leaves much to be desired.
- Slade Bender: [Attempts to open fire on Picard/Dixon Hill with a machine gun] You're through duckin' me, Hill!
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: COMPUTER, FREEZE PROGRAM!
- [the computer does so]