- Odo: You still haven't answered my question. Why did you decide to defect?
- Weyoun 6: I realized my place is with you.
- Odo: You can do better than that.
- Weyoun 6: Then let's just say, I left Cardassia because my life was in danger.
- Odo: From whom?
- Weyoun 6: Everyone.
- Odo: Aren't you being a little paranoid?
- Weyoun 6: Of course I'm paranoid, everyone's trying to kill me.
- Nog: The Continuum is real. You see, there are millions upon millions of worlds in the universe, each one filled with too much of one thing and not enough of another. And the Great Continuum flows through them all, like a mighty river, from 'have' to 'want' and back again. And if we navigate the Continuum with skill and grace, our ship will be filled with everything our hearts desire.
- Chief O'Brien: Yeah, right now, I'd settle for a stabilizer and the Captain's desk.
- Nog: The river will provide.
- Chief O'Brien: Huh - if it doesn't sink us first.
- [Odo has emphasized to Weyoun earlier that he is no god]
- Odo: I wish you'd stop doing that.
- Weyoun 6: Doing what?
- Odo: Staring at me.
- Weyoun 6: Was I? I didn't mean to.
- Odo: You've been doing it for the last ten hours.
- Weyoun 6: I'm sorry. It's just such an honor to be sitting here with a g...
- [Odo gives him a menacing look]
- Weyoun 6: ...security officer.
- [when trying to escape the Jem'Hadar, Odo hides his runabout inside of a large chunk of ice]
- Weyoun 6: "We become the ice." Only a god could think of such a thing.
- Odo: Well, let's just hope the Jem'Hadar give up their search before we freeze to death.
- Weyoun 6: My faith will keep me warm.
- Odo: Hmm, perhaps. But in an hour, you may want to trade in that faith for a thermal blanket.
- Nog: And remember: anytime you're shopping for wines or spirits, my cousin Gant is the man to see.
- Lt. Commander Worf: We will keep that in mind.
- [leaves]
- Chief O'Brien: Your cousin Gant?
- Nog: Just another sailor on the Great River.
- [Weyoun 6 has activated his termination implant]
- Weyoun 6: There is one thing you can do for me.
- Odo: What's that?
- Weyoun 6: Give me your blessing.
- Odo: I-I can't.
- Weyoun 6: Please, Odo - tell me I haven't failed, that I've served you well.
- Odo: You have, and for that you have my gratitude - and... my blessing.
- Chief O'Brien: How could he do this to me? How could he leave me adrift, mid-river, without a paddle?
- Rom: What river would that be?
- Chief O'Brien: You know, the Great Material Continuum.
- Rom: Oh, *that* river. It can be very treacherous.
- Chief O'Brien: Tell me about it. Well, I suppose the good news is, with Nog gone, nothing else can go missing.
- [Nog has promised O'Brien to organize a graviton stabilizer within three days]
- Chief O'Brien: All right. But don't do anything I wouldn't do.
- Nog: Chief, I can't operate under those kinds of restrictions.
- Chief O'Brien: At least promise me you won't do anything to get us court-martialed.
- Nog: I'll try.
- Chief O'Brien: Nog!
- Nog: Just kidding, Chief.
- [Weyoun 6 has told Odo about the disease that is spreading among the Founders]
- Weyoun 6: I'm sorry to bring you such sad news. But at least you are not infected. The Dominion will survive.
- Odo: I don't think I'll ever forget the look on his face when he died. He seemed so... content.
- Colonel Kira: The last thing he saw was one of his gods smiling at him. If you ask me, he was a lucky man.
- Odo: Nerys, please.
- Colonel Kira: No, listen to me. I know, to Starfleet, the Prophets are nothing more than wormhole aliens. But to me, they're gods. I can't prove it. Then again, I don't have to; because my faith in them is enough - just as Weyoun's faith in you... was enough for him.
- Chief O'Brien: [on Chief Lorenzo] So, once he has his picture, he's going to send us the graviton stabilizer?
- Nog: No. He is giving us an induction modulator.
- Chief O'Brien: But we don't need an induction modulator.
- Nog: But the USS Musashi does.
- Chief O'Brien: Aah. So the Musashi's going to send us the stabilizer?
- Nog: No. They're giving us a phaser emitter.
- Chief O'Brien: But we don't need a phaser emitter!
- Nog: I know. But the USS Sentinel does, and *they* have the extra stabilizer.
- Chief O'Brien: And they're willing to give it up for a phaser emitter?
- Nog: That's the rumor.
- Chief O'Brien: Rumor? What, you-you've made all these deals based on a rumor?
- Nog: From a very reliable source.
- Chief O'Brien: But what if it turns out not to be true?
- Nog: You have to have faith, Chief.
- Chief O'Brien: In a rumor?
- Nog: No. In the Great Material Continuum.
- Chief O'Brien: [sighs] Who are they?
- Nog: It's not a 'they'. It's the force that binds the universe together.
- Chief O'Brien: I must have missed that class in engineering school.
- Chief O'Brien: What do you think?
- Doctor Bashir: It's white.
- Chief O'Brien: I know it's white. I'm gonna paint it.
- Doctor Bashir: It's the wrong shape... It's the wrong height, the wrong width, other than that it is perfect. The Captain will never suspect you switched desks on him.
- Chief O'Brien: Julian, I need your help, not sarcasm.
- Doctor Bashir: I'm afraid Nog is the only one that can help you now.
- Chief O'Brien: If he gets back to the station before the Captain does.
- Doctor Bashir: Maybe he's not coming back. Maybe he's decided to make a run for it.
- Colonel Kira: [enters] That isn't the Captain's desk!
- Doctor Bashir: He's gonna paint it.
- Colonel Kira: Get it out of here!
- Odo: Well, I hope this taught you a lesson.
- Colonel Kira: What's that?
- Odo: Never play springball against a changeling.
- Captain Sisko: Oh, about the stabilizer...
- Chief O'Brien: Captain, I-I can explain...
- Captain Sisko: Don't bother. Ensign Nog tells me you were able to get ahold of one this morning.
- Chief O'Brien: I was? I mean, I was!
- [last lines]
- Odo: The Changelings are dying, and I can't help them. They're the enemy.
- Colonel Kira: A very dangerous enemy - now more than ever, because they're also desperate. This isn't easy for you; but you have to remember, they started this war. You didn't.
- Odo: That's true. But I know now, whichever side wins, one thing is certain: I'm going to lose.
- Colonel Kira: Right now, all I wanna do is just sleep for two or three...
- [groans]
- Colonel Kira: ...days.
- Odo: Go right ahead. I should be back by the time you wake up.