Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Covenant (1998)

Nana Visitor: Colonel Kira Nerys

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• Gul Dukat : Your hair - you changed it.

  Colonel Kira : Your ear - you've pierced it.

• Colonel Kira : [imitating Vedek Fala]  "Nerys, what are the three keys to enlightenment?"

  Vedek Fala : And the answer?

  Colonel Kira : Charity, humility and faith.

• [Odo has proposed to accompany Kira to the Bajoran services] 

  Colonel Kira : I would love for you to come with me. But I don't think you'll get much out of it if you don't believe in the Prophets.

  Odo : Ah... Perhaps if I had an Orb experience.

  Colonel Kira : It doesn't work like that. Faith has to come first.

• Colonel Kira : I have always found that, uh, when people try to convince others of their beliefs, it's because they're really just trying to convince themselves.

• Vedek Fala : This is a special moment. I'm not going to ruin it by arguing with you. You believe the Prophets are the true gods of Bajor, I believe the Pah-wraiths are. Let's just leave it at that.

  Colonel Kira : I'd be happy to. There's just one thing - we can't both be right.

• Gul Dukat : Nerys, I wish I had the words to describe to you what it was like, to have the Pah-wraith within me. I could feel its love, for me and for the Bajoran people. It made me realize I still have a role to play in Bajor's destiny.

  Colonel Kira : You mean besides overseeing an occupation that killed tens of millions.

• Vedek Fala : In ancient times, Bajorans understood the value of denying worldly pleasures. Ironic, isn't it, that a Cardassian would be the one to lead us back to the old ways?

  Colonel Kira : Especially a Cardassian whose appetite for worldly pleasures is legendary.

  Vedek Fala : That was a long time ago, before he felt the kiss of the Pah-wraith.

  Colonel Kira : That was some kiss.

• [after Dukat's betrayal, Fala has taken one of the promazine pills] 

  Colonel Kira : Why?

  Vedek Fala : Faith... Nerys... Faith.

  [dies] 

• [last lines] 

  Colonel Kira : I know this is gonna sound crazy; but I think Dukat convinced himself that he was doing what the Pah-wraiths wanted.

  Odo : Who knows? Maybe he was.

  Colonel Kira : Either way, he believes. And that makes him more dangerous than ever.

• Colonel Kira : [to Dukat]  It makes sense these people would choose you as their leader; they worship evil.

• Colonel Kira : The Prophets have a plan for us. It's not always easy to see what it is.

• Odo : How was it?

  Colonel Kira : Oh, beautiful. Ranjen Telna gave a very moving sermon.

  Lieutenant Ezri Dax : What was it about?

  Colonel Kira : About how important it is to forgive the people who've wronged you.

• Vedek Fala : You know me. Always searching for answers.

  Colonel Kira : That's what makes you different from all the other Vedeks I know. To you, faith is a journey.

• Colonel Kira : Some things can't be forgiven.