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	Jake: "I'll be there. But this time, we'll skip the gagh." Leanne: "Definitely."
	Sisko: "You have been negotiating peace with Cardassia?" Kai Winn: "The Prophets teach us that while violence may keep an enemy at bay, only peace can make him a friend."
	Sisko: (to Kai Winn) "Please, don't take this the wrong way... but I never would have guessed that you would be the one to bring such a bold vision of peace to Bajor."
	Kai Winn: "I must admit, [Bareil] has been a loyal and trustworthy aide since the election. I'm not sure I could've been as... forgiving had I been in his place."
	Kira: "Thank you Doctor, I'm on duty in Ops. Excuse me." Bashir: "Kira... I think they can get along without you in Ops today." Kira: "Maybe, but I need to be there. I appreciate your concern, but I'll grieve in my own way, in my own time."
	Bashir: "Well, it's a little early to tell, but I'm hoping he'll make a full recovery. He should be back on his feet again in a few weeks." Sisko: "You say that so calmly. But it's not every doctor that can lose a patient, and then have him back on his feet in a few weeks!" Kai Winn: "Indeed, you are too modest. You've performed nothing less than a miracle here. The Prophets must walk with you, Doctor." Bashir: "Well, I, and the Prophets, were lucky..."
	Bareil: "So, are we going to be playing springball next month?" Kira: "You bet. Although I'm afraid I might have an unfair advantage." Bareil: "You mean, playing against a dead man?" Kira: "No... I've been practicing."
	Jake: "I- I- I made other plans." Nog: "What could be more important than dom-jot?" Jake: "I have a date." Nog: "Ohhh. We-ell. That's different."
	Nog: "Just one thing, Jake. You're still pretty new at this dating business. Just promise me you won't do anything to embarrass me."
	Bashir: "But why risk your life for a few days?" Bareil: [chuckle] "I have no great desire to die, Doctor.... but I am determined to carry out the will of the Prophets as long as I am able, and I cannot carry out their will if I- I'm unconscious in some stasis tube! Please... begin the vasokin treatments." Bashir: "All right... We'll start this afternoon... I only hope we don't regret this." Bareil: "So do I."
	Sisko: "Perhaps there are no official prisoners, but are there a number of, shall we say... detainees?" Turrell: "There are of course people being detained at the Justice Ministry for crimes against the state, but that is a discussion for another time..."
	Kai Winn: "I was chosen by the Prophets to lead our people into a new era. I know that! But I was not meant to be in a room with a Cardassian, debating legalisms and diplomatic nuances."
	Nog: (to Jake) "She's so dumb. She's perfect!" Riska: "That's it. Let's go."
	Bashir: (to Kai Winn) "I don't care about your negotiations and I don't care about your treaty. All I care about is my patient and at the moment he needs more treatment and less politics. Now, either you can leave here willingly, or I'll call Security and have you thrown out!" Kira: "You won't need to call them. I'll do it myself."
	Kai Winn: "Are you going to call Security and have me removed from this room now, Doctor?" Bashir: "It hadn't occurred to me... yet."
	Bashir: "You're a coward. You're afraid to stand alone." Kai Winn: "Bareil's already made his decision, Doctor. I won't interfere. And Doctor... I won't forget what you've said here." Bashir: "Neither will I."
	Jake: "...He insisted that she cut up his food for him. He was treating her like she was some kind of slave." Sisko: "It sounds like he's acting like a Ferengi to me."
	Nog: "Agh! this is outrageous! I didn't steal anything from the Tholian ambassador!" Odo: "Just another innocent man arrested for a crime he didn't commit." Nog: "What is he doing here?" Odo: "As if you didn't know. Your accomplice here has also denied involvement, but I have an eyewitness who saw both of you breaking into the Tholian ambassador's quarters last night." Nog: "I don't even know what a Tholian looks like!" Odo: "Tell it to the magistrate." Nog: "Agh! At least put me in my own cell!" Odo: "I'm sorry the quarters aren't to your liking. Please feel free to submit a complaint to the management."
	Bareil: "Everything's different." Kira: "Different? ...In what way?" Bareil: "It's hard to explain. But when you touch me, it doesn't seem real. It's more like the distant memory of a touch."
	Nog: "Anyone who talks to a female with fawning respect is no Ferengi. It made me sick!" Jake: "You want to talk about sick?! 'Sick' is making Riska cut up your food for you." Nog: "Well, at least I didn't have her chew it!" "Chew it?!"
	Jake: "I guess we'll just have to deal with the rest of our disgusting habits as they come up." Nog: "I guess so."
	Quark: "...Allow me to introduce 'Kai Winn.' " Kai Winn: "I don't understand." Quark: "In honor of the occasion, I've named my latest creation for you. It's a chocolate soufflé... with... Haligian tongue sauce." Kai Winn: "Well, I'm very honored!" Quark: [takes a bite of the sauce] "Hmm. Hmm! And you're also very popular. Believe me, I can't keep up with the orders so far."
	Bashir: "If I remove the rest of his brain... That 'spark of life' will be gone. He'll be dead... and I'll be the one who killed him." Kira: "But if we do nothing, he'll die!" Bashir: "That's right, he will. But he'll die like a man, not a machine."
	(talking tearfully to the unconscious Bareil) Kira: "You had... such a... serenity about you... I thought you had all the answers. It really got on my nerves for a while! Then I got to know you and I... realized you were just as confused as the rest of us. You just accepted your confusion better than anyone I've ever known. That's when I realized I loved you."
	Kai Winn: "There is more at stake than one man's life." Bashir: "One man's life is all I'm concerned with at the moment."
	Jake: "I guess I forgot you were a Ferengi." Nog: "You forgot!? To most people, the lobes are a dead give away!"