- Odo: I have a feeling it must be very comforting to believe in something more powerful than yourself.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gul Dukat: Promazine - developed by the Obsidian Order for use by their operatives in case of capture. Not only is death swift, but it reduces the body to dust within hours, making it unidentifiable to the enemy. Dust - that's all that will remain, of my passage through this misbegotten universe, Nerys. But it doesn't bother me; because I know I'm going to be with the Pah-wraiths.
- [first lines]
- Quark: What can I get for you?
- Ezri: A Til'amin froth for me.
- Bashir: Romulan ale, Quark.
- Odo: A glass of springwine.
- Quark: Since when do you drink springwine, or anything else, for that matter?
- Odo: It's for Kira. She should be getting out of services any minute now.
- Bashir: Well, here she is.