- Quark: You Hew-mans. All you wanna do is please your women. You want them to be your friends. But we Ferengi know better: women are the enemy, and we treat them accordingly. The key is to never let them get the upper hand. If she says she doesn't see you enough, threaten to see her even less. If she wants more gifts, take back the ones you've already given her. It's all about control.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: What if your woman leaves you?
- Quark: That's what holosuites are for.
- Doctor Bashir: It's a wonder the Ferengi reproduce at all.
- Captain Sisko: I think you should take the job, I... *want* you to take the job.
- Kasidy Yates: You've been talking to Jake.
- Captain Sisko: How do you know?
- Kasidy Yates: Oh, he's a smart boy. Must take after his mother.
- [last lines]
- Dukat: I just wanted to say... thank you, Major, for a most interesting journey.
- Major Kira: You're taking Ziyal back to Cardassia with you.
- Dukat: After six years, she deserves a home... and a father.
- Major Kira: Won't that make things difficult for you?
- Dukat: I'll let you know.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: "It's a big step." That's all you said?
- Captain Sisko: That's all.
- Doctor Bashir: You're sure?
- Captain Sisko: Positive.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: What do you think, Julian?
- Doctor Bashir: It's ambiguous, definitely open to interpretation. But it could've been worse, he could have said 'It's a *very* big step'.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: You didn't say that, did you?
- Captain Sisko: I don't think so.
- Dukat: I... hope you don't take this the wrong way, Major, but I've always admired you. You are the embodiment of the new Bajor, a Bajoran born out of the ashes of the Occupation, a Bajoran tempered with Cardassian steel.
- Major Kira: Oh, Captain Sisko's right - you *are* in love with the sound of your own voice.
- [Dax has asked Sisko about his honest opinion on Kasidy moving to the station]
- Quark: Captain, I would think long and hard before answering.
- Captain Sisko: I don't recall asking your opinion, Quark.
- Quark: Well, maybe you should. I mean, who knows more about women than me?
- Doctor Bashir: Everyone.
- Major Kira: I may have a lead on the Ravinok.
- [Odo groans]
- Major Kira: I know what you're gonna say, it's been six years since the Ravinok disappeared, odds are everyone on board is dead...
- Odo: That all may be true, but that is not what I was going to say. I was going to say, good luck.
- Major Kira: [surprised] "Good luck"?
- Odo: You had a friend aboard the Ravinok, correct?
- Major Kira: [nods] Lorit Akrem.
- Odo: Which means, it doesn't matter if I think there are any survivors or even if you think there are any survivors, you are going to go looking for that ship. And all I can say is, good luck. And I hope you find them.
- Dukat: If my memory's correct, Bajorans are much more concerned with the souls of the dead than they are with the physical remains. How did Kai Meressa put it? "What remains after death is but a shell - a sign that the pagh has begun its final journey to the Prophets."
- Dukat: I believe the time will come when Cardassia and Bajor will grow, to be not only allies... but also close friends.
- Major Kira: Bajor and Cardassia? Maybe. You and me? I doubt it.
- Jake Sisko: Nog and I ran into Kasidy last night over at the, uh, Vulcan restaurant. I guess she's not gonna take that job after all.
- Captain Sisko: She told you. Did she say why?
- Jake Sisko: She said you didn't want her to take it.
- Captain Sisko: [sighs] Look, Jake - sometimes, things between men and women can get a little... complicated.
- Jake Sisko: Yeah, maybe, but... I don't think this is one of those times. It's pretty simple, Dad. You're scared.
- [Jake is lecturing his father on how to deal with the Kasidy situation]
- Captain Sisko: Have you told any of this to Kasidy?
- Jake Sisko: Nog and I thought about it, but, uh, we thought it would be better if you told her yourself.
- Captain Sisko: I see...
- Jake Sisko: So, er... what's new with you?
- Kasidy Yates: Look... I could stay here and listen to you apologize all day. But I've got to get to Bajor.
- Captain Sisko: Bajor? I-I thought...
- Kasidy Yates: Oh - I know what you thought. But I took the job. Do you think I'd give up a great opportunity just because *you* got cold feet? You're a good man, Benjamin Sisko. But you got a lot to learn about women - especially this one.
- Kasidy Yates: You know, I was thinking about what Dax said. Maybe I should get quarters on the station.
- Captain Sisko: That's a big step.
- Kasidy Yates: What does that mean?
- Captain Sisko: I just meant... it's a big step.
- Kasidy Yates: A bad big step or a good big step?
- Captain Sisko: A good one.
- Kasidy Yates: Could you muster up a little more enthusiasm?
- Captain Sisko: I *am* enthusiastic!
- Dukat: I've found that when one has a difficult job to do, personal reasons can be quite an incentive.
- Major Kira: I'll work on the Ravinok. I should be able to get something from the ship's computers.
- Dukat: You'll need the command codes.
- Major Kira: Standard Cardassian military codes from six years ago, right?
- Dukat: Yes.
- Major Kira: Yeah. I got them from Bajoran Intelligence before we left.
- Dukat: I know you find this hard to accept, but... I believe that in some ways, the Occupation actually helped Bajor.
- Major Kira: Which part? The massacres or the strip mining?
- Doctor Bashir: So, just between you and me - what do you think about Kasidy moving onto the station?
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: It's a big step.
- Doctor Bashir: A very big step.