Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

The Dauphin (1989)

Whoopi Goldberg: Guinan

Quotes 

• Wesley Crusher : [to Riker]  What should I say? How do I act? What do I do?

  Commander William T. Riker : Guinan, I need your help. Could you step over here a minute?

  Guinan : Sounds simple enough.

  Commander William T. Riker : [to Wesley]  Now, first words out of your mouth are the most important. You may want to start with something like this.

  [to Guinan] 

  Commander William T. Riker : You are the most beautiful woman in the galaxy...

  [to Wesley] 

  Commander William T. Riker : But that might not work.

  Guinan : Yes! Yes, it would.

  Commander William T. Riker : [to Guinan]  You don't know how long I've wanted to tell you that.

  Guinan : But you were afraid.

  Commander William T. Riker : Yes.

  Guinan : Of me?

  Commander William T. Riker : Of us. Of what we might become...

  [Wesley tries to interrupt] 

  Commander William T. Riker : ... or that you might think that was a line.

  Guinan : Maybe I do think it's a line.

  Commander William T. Riker : Then you think I'm not sincere.

  Guinan : I didn't say that. There's nothing wrong with a line. It's like a knock at the door.

  Commander William T. Riker : Then you're inviting me in.

  Guinan : I'm not sending you away.

  Commander William T. Riker : That's more than I expected.

  Guinan : Is it as much as you hoped?

  Commander William T. Riker : To hope is to recognize the possibility; I had only dreams.

  Guinan : Dreams can be dangerous.

  Commander William T. Riker : Not these dreams. I dream of a galaxy where your eyes are the stars and the universe worships the night.

  Guinan : Careful. Putting me on a pedestal so high, you may not be able to reach me.

  Commander William T. Riker : Then I'll learn how to fly. You are the heart in my day and the soul in my night.

  Wesley Crusher : [interrupting]  I don't think this is my style.

  Guinan : Shut up, kid!

  [to Riker, saucily] 

  Guinan : Tell me more about my eyes.

• [last lines] 

  Wesley Crusher : I'm never gonna feel this way about anyone else.

  Guinan : You're right.

  Wesley Crusher : I didn't expect you to say that.

  Guinan : There'll be others, but every time you feel love, it'll be different. Every time it's different.

  Wesley Crusher : Knowing that doesn't make it any easier.

  Guinan : It's not supposed to.

• Guinan : Just because a girl runs out doesn't mean she doesn't wish you to follow.