Loki_Six

"When your captain first approached us, we suspected that an agreement with humans would prove impossible to maintain. You are erratic, conflicted, disorganized. Every decision is debated, every action questioned, every individual entitled to their own small opinion. You lack harmony, cohesion, greatness. It will be your undoing."

A scorpion was walking along the bank of a river, wondering how to get to the other side. Suddenly he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river. The fox said, "No. If I do that, you'll sting me, and I'll drown." The scorpion assured him, "If I did that, we'd both drown." So the fox thought about it, finally agreed. So the scorpion climbed up on his back, and the fox began to swim, but halfway across the river, the scorpion stung him. As the poison filled his veins, the fox turned to the scorpion and said, "Why did you do that? Now you'll drown too." "I couldn't help it," said the scorpion. "It's my nature."

"Logic is an integral part of narrative structure. According to the Dictates of Poetics by T'hain of Vulcan, a character's actions must flow inexorably from his or her established traits."

"I know that I have a temper, but that doesn't mean that I'm always hostile, does it? I am forthright, I speak my mind; that is very different from being hostile. And if someone described me that way, they'd be way off the mark, wouldn't they? Then why do you look like you're afraid for your life?"

"I know from the history of my own planet that change is difficult. New ideas are often greeted with skepticism, even fear, but sometimes those ideas are accepted, and when they are... progress is made. Eyes are opened." Jedna z najlepších epizód, ak nie najlepšia. V rámci Star Treku celkovo.

"I guess all of us would avoid that kind of pain if we could, but most people don't have that choice."

"Pop-Tarts are not really my poison, Bullet. I prefer to lose myself in the dizzy food coma of synthetic cheese and impossible meats."

"I think one day, she'll see the sun."

"I've never considered dreams as a diagnostic tool before. Your unconscious mind sensed these developing symptoms and tried to provide an explanation?"

"Instinct is simply another term for serendipity."