- Jake Sisko: [discussing O'Brien's move to Earth] Any idea where you're gonna live?
- O'Brien: No, Keiko and I're still mulling over a few possibilities.
- Worf: Have you ever considered Minsk?
- O'Brien: I don't think that's on our list.
- Sisko: New Orleans is a gorgeous city.
- Kasidy Yates: I've heard great things about Paris.
- Worf: Minsk.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Jadzia loved Rio.
- Odo: Well, you've certainly got a lot of choices.
- O'Brien: Yeah, too many, hm?
- Worf: Minsk.
- Admiral Ross: 400 years ago, a victorious general spoke the following words at the end of another costly war: "Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph. And from both we have learned, there can be no going back. We must move forward, to preserve in peace what we've won in war."
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: You're sure you're not angry?
- Lt. Commander Worf: Why should I be angry? I have been asking you to tell the Doctor how you feel about him for the past month.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Well - now that he knows how I feel...?
- Lt. Commander Worf: I am happy for you.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: That's a relief.
- Lt. Commander Worf: But... I am going to kill him.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: You're kidding, right?
- Lt. Commander Worf: And Jadzia said I did not have a sense of humor.
- Garak: [as his house is being destroyed] All during the years of my exile I imagined what it would be like to come home. I even thought of living in this house again, with Mila. But now she's dead, and this house is about to be reduced to a pile of rubble. My Cardassia is gone.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Then fight for a new Cardassia.
- Garak: I have an even better reason, Commander: revenge.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: That works too.
- Captain Sisko: This may be the last time we're all together. But no matter what the future holds, no matter how far we travel, a part of us - a very important part - will always remain here, on Deep Space Nine.
- Garak: You know, some may say that we've gotten just what we deserved. After all, we're not entirely innocent, are we? And I'm not just speaking of the Bajoran occupation. No, our whole history is one of arrogant aggression. We've collaborated with the Dominion, betrayed the entire Alpha Quadrant... Oh, oh, no no, there's no doubt about it - we're guilty as charged.
- Garak: You've been such a good friend. I'm going to miss our lunches together.
- Doctor Bashir: I'm sure we'll see each other again.
- Garak: I'd like to think so. But one can never say. We live in uncertain times.
- Quark: A-ha, I knew it! When I saw the two of you slip out, I said to myself, that no-good, misanthropic, cantankerous changeling is trying to sneak off the station without anyone noticing.
- Odo: That was the idea.
- Quark: Well, it's not gonna happen, is it?
- Odo: Apparently not.
- Quark: So - now that I'm here... is there something you want to say to me?
- Odo: Such as?
- Quark: Such as... 'Goodbye. You certainly were a worthy adversary.' Or maybe something with the words 'mutual respect' in it.
- Odo: No.
- Quark: No? What do you mean, no?
- Odo: I mean, no. I have nothing I want to say to you.
- Quark: You telling me that after all these years, after all we've been through, you're not even gonna say goodbye to me?
- Odo: That's right. Nerys, I'll be on the runabout.
- [he utters one last contemptuous grunt and mounts the runabout]
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Don't take it hard, Quark.
- Quark: Hard? What're you talking about? That man loves me! Couldn't you see? It was written all over his back.
- Odo: [after "changing" into a tuxedo] You always said I looked good in a tuxedo.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: You do.
- Odo: Then this is the way I want you to remember me.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: I'll never forget you.
- Odo: Goodbye, Nerys.
- [Quark's - and last line of the series]
- Quark: Ah, it's like I said: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
- [the female shapeshifter has promised the Breen the control over Earth after the war, leaving Weyoun baffled]
- Female Shapeshifter: Is something bothering you?
- Weyoun: Apparently, uh, I was under the mistaken impression that all Federation territories would fall under my jurisdiction, including Earth.
- Female Shapeshifter: And so they shall.
- Weyoun: But... you promised the Breen...
- Female Shapeshifter: I would promise the Breen the entire Alpha Quadrant, if I thought it would help win this war.
- [O'Brien has been injured]
- Doctor Bashir: I can't look away for a second.
- Chief O'Brien: Just fix the shoulder... Careful!
- Doctor Bashir: Sit still, or you're gonna end up with one arm shorter than the other!
- Chief O'Brien: You'd do anything to beat me at darts.
- Odo: Nerys, please - tell everyone I'll miss them.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Even Quark?
- Odo: Even Quark. But most of all...
- Colonel Kira Nerys: I know.
- O'Brien: Somebody has to teach you officers the difference between a warp matrix flux capacitor and a self-sealing stem bolt.
- Vic Fontaine: Ladies and gentlemen, tonight is a very special night for some friends of mine. They've been together a long time. But like the man said... nothing lasts forever. So gang, this one's from the heart.
- [Kira and Garak have taken over the Dominion briefing room on Cardassia]
- Colonel Kira Nerys: This war is over. You lost.
- Female Shapeshifter: Have I? I think you'll find that neither the Jem'Hadar or the Breen will agree with that assessment. They will fight to the last man.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: And what will that accomplish?
- Female Shapeshifter: Isn't it obvious? You may win this war, Commander; but I promise you, when it is over, you will have lost so many ships, so many lives, that your victory will taste as bitter as defeat.
- [Bashir invites Dax to a holo-battle between Spartans and Persians about a mountain pass, in which the Spartans are eventually defeated]
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: I take it we'll be the Spartans?
- Doctor Bashir: Fighting to the last man.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Just like the Alamo.
- Doctor Bashir: Exactly.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Have you talked to a counselor about these annihilation fantasies?
- Doctor Bashir: Do you think I should?
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: M-m. I'll set up a session for you tomorrow.
- Doctor Bashir: What about tonight?
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Tonight we defend the pass.
- Kasidy Yates: When will you be back?
- Captain Sisko: It's hard to say - maybe a year, maybe... yesterday. But I will be back.
- Kasidy Yates: And I will be waiting.
- [Garak has killed Weyoun]
- Female Shapeshifter: I wish you hadn't done that. That was Weyoun's last clone.
- Garak: I was hoping you'd say that.
- [the Cardassians have turned against the Dominion]
- Female Shapeshifter: I want the Cardassians exterminated.
- Weyoun: Which ones?
- Female Shapeshifter: All of them. The entire population.
- Weyoun: That will take some time.
- Female Shapeshifter: Then I suggest that you begin at once.
- [first lines]
- Cardassian Computer Voice: The time is 0500.
- Doctor Bashir: [half asleep] Mmyeahalright.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: [appearing behind him] Julian?
- Doctor Bashir: Yes?
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: We have to get up.
- Doctor Bashir: Are you sure?
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: It's a big day.
- Doctor Bashir: [sighs] It was a big night. Cleared up a lot of unanswered questions.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Such as?
- Doctor Bashir: Such as, just how far these spots really go down.
- Kasidy Yates: [after being sick] Reports of my death have been exaggerated, but not by much. Ooh...
- Jake Sisko: Isn't there something she can take to make her feel better?
- Captain Sisko: She doesn't like taking medication, unless it's absolutely necessary.
- Kasidy Yates: Ooohh...!
- Jake Sisko: Sounds necessary to me.
- Captain Sisko: Ensign, I believe you know the way to Cardassia.
- Nog: If I get lost, I'll just follow the ship in front of us.
- Nog: I lost the Breen ship we were after.
- Captain Sisko: I wouldn't worry about it. There are plenty more to choose from.
- Martok: Before you waste too many tears, remember: these are Cardassians lying dead at your feet. Bajorans would call this poetic justice.
- Captain Sisko: That doesn't mean I have to drink a toast over their bodies.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Just between you and me, all bets are off.
- Quark: What're you talking about?
- Colonel Kira Nerys: As of this moment, betting pools of any kind are illegal on the station. I catch someone placing a bet, I put *you* in a holding cell for fifteen days, is that clear?
- Quark: Fifteen days? Can I bring my own pillow?
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Quark.
- Quark: It's clear, it's clear.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Better be.
- Admiral Ross: Commander, how would you feel about being named Federation Ambassador to Qo'noS?
- Lt. Commander Worf: I am not a diplomat.
- Martok: And I am not a politician. But sometimes, fate plays cruel tricks on us, Worf.
- [Jake Sisko's last line of the series]
- Jake Sisko: Kas, can you hear me? You seemed pretty far away for a second.
- [Worf's last line of the series]
- Lt. Commander Worf: Colonel Kira and Chief O'Brien have completed another scan of the planet. As far as they can tell, he is not there.
- [Ben Sisko's last line of the series]
- Captain Sisko: It's hard to say - maybe a year, maybe... yesterday. But I will be back.
- [Garak's last line of the series]
- Garak: I'd like to think so. But one can never say. We live in uncertain times.
- [outside Dominion headquarters]
- Garak: We have a problem.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Only one?
- Garak: It's a rather large problem. The cargo bay door is made of neutronium.
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Then the explosives we brought aren't even going to make a dent.
- Garak: You see the problem.
- Ekoor: What do we do?
- Damar: I don't know. But I'm through hiding in basements.
- [Garak begins to laugh]
- Damar: I fail to see what is so funny, Garak.
- Garak: Well, isn't it obvious? Here we are, ready to storm the castle, prepared to sacrifice our lives in a noble effort to slay the Dominion beast in its lair...
- [Kira begins to laugh hysterically]
- Garak: ... and we can't even get inside the gates!
- [They all start laughing]
- Colonel Kira Nerys: Maybe... maybe we could go up to the door and ask the Jem'Hadar to let us in!
- Damar: Or just send the shapeshifter out to us!
- [They laugh even harder]
- Garak: [sobers gradually] As I said, we have a problem.
- Weyoun: [after Kira and Garak have taken Dominion Headquarters on Cardassia] Tell me. Where's my old friend Damar?
- Garak: Damar's dead.
- Weyoun: What a pity.
- Garak: He died trying to free Cardassia.
- Weyoun: What's left of it.
- [instead of one of his typically pithy remarks Garak just smiles and moving in like a shark, he shoots Weyoun dead with his phaser]
- Female Shapeshifter: [calm as ever] I wish you hadn't done that. That was Weyoun's last clone.
- Garak: I was hoping you'd say that.
- Mila: [in Mila' s basement, to Garak, scolding] Oh, when you were a small boy I was worried about you. Always getting into trouble. So secretive, so full of deceipt! Who would've thought those *disgraceful* characteristics...
- [tone softens, touches Garak's cheek]
- Mila: would be turned to virtues! More tea?
- Garak: [smiling] You're too kind.