- Quark: It's all about foot traffic. The more people come in, the more they drink, the more they drink, the more they talk, the more they talk, the more they let slip things that I shouldn't know, and that, oh, that always leads to latinum.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Perhaps so, but there is one problem.
- Quark: What's that?
- Lt. Commander Worf: There's an ancient Klingon proverb that says, "You cannot loosen a man's tongue with root beer."
- Kai Winn: Those of you who were in the Resistance, you're all the same. You think you're the only ones who fought the Cardassians; that you saved Bajor single-handedly. Perhaps you forget, Major, the Cardassians arrested any Bajoran found to be teaching the word of the Prophets. I was in a Cardassian prison camp for five years, and I can remember each and every beating I suffered. And while you had your weapons to protect you, all I had was my faith, and my courage. Walk with the Prophets, child. I know I will.
- Major Kira: I know you're worried. But the Prophets are leading the Emissary on this path for a reason.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Do not attempt to convince them, Major. They cannot understand.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Since when did you believe in the Prophets?
- Lt. Commander Worf: What I believe in... is faith. Without it there can be no victory. If the Captain's faith is strong, he will prevail.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: That's not much to bet his life on.
- Major Kira: You're wrong. It's everything.
- Captain Sisko: Admiral...
- Admiral Whatley: What is it, Ben?
- Captain Sisko: Your son. You can stop worrying about him. He forgives you.
- [walks on]
- Admiral Whatley: How the hell did he know that Kevin and I weren't getting along?
- Doctor Bashir: He's the Emissary.
- Kai Winn: Before Captain Sisko found B'hala, my path was clear. I knew who my enemies were. But now... now nothing is certain.
- Captain Sisko: When I said that Bajor should wait before it joins the Federation, I have never felt so certain about anything in my life.
- Admiral Whatley: I was afraid you would say that, Ben.
- Captain Sisko: Admiral, for what it's worth, I wish things had turned out differently.
- Admiral Whatley: So do I.
- Captain Sisko: But it's not over. One day, Bajor will join the Federation. That I'm sure of.
- Admiral Whatley: Are you speaking as a Starfleet captain or as the Emissary of the Prophets?
- Captain Sisko: Both.
- Admiral Whatley: In that case I'll keep the champagne on ice.
- Captain Sisko: B'hala. It was the eve of the Peldor Festival. I could hear them ringing the temple chimes.
- Major Kira: You were dreaming.
- Captain Sisko: No. I was there. I could smell the burning bateret leaves, taste the incense on the wind. I was standing in front of the Obelisk, and as I looked up, for one moment, I understood it all. B'hala, the Orbs, the Occupation, the discovery of the wormhole - the coming war with the Dominion.
- Major Kira: You could see the future as well as the past?
- Captain Sisko: For one moment, I could see the pattern that held it all together.
- Major Kira: You were having a pagh'tem'far - a sacred vision!
- Captain Sisko: Well, I don't know what I had. But it felt *wonderful*!
- Major Kira: The Prophets chose well when they made you their Emissary. So how does it all fit together?
- Captain Sisko: I wish I knew...
- Captain Sisko: [playfully] Someone woke me up!
- Admiral Whatley: The Bajorans requested that the signing ceremony take place on your station. So make sure you spruce up that floating bicycle wheel of yours.
- Captain Sisko: I remember the first time I held you in my hands. You were only a few minutes old. And I looked down at your face. And it was almost as if I could see your whole life stretched out in front of you - all the joys it would bring, and the bruises - it was all there, hidden in that scrunched up little face. The baby I'm holding in my hands now is the universe itself. And I need time to study its face.
- Captain Sisko: Locusts! They'll destroy Bajor, unless it stands alone!
- Admiral Whatley: Ben, what the hell are you talking about?
- Captain Sisko: It's too soon. Bajor must not join the Federation. If it does, it will be destroyed!
- Major Kira: I was just thinking about Zocal's Third Prophecy. It said only someone who had been touched by the Prophets... could find the ruins of B'hala.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: [to Sisko] No pressure.
- [last lines]
- Kasidy Yates: Ben, I can't say I understand what you've gone through. I know you feel you've lost something important, and maybe you have. But believe me...
- [she takes Jake by the hand]
- Kasidy Yates: ...you've held on to something important as well.
- [she takes Ben's hand as well, and joins it together with his son's]
- Admiral Whatley: I knew we were headed for trouble the minute he allowed the Bajorans to call him Emissary.