- Quark: You want something from me, don't you?
- Major Kira: How'd you guess?
- Odo: It's simple: we've been here more than a minute, and we haven't insulted him, threatened him or arrested him.
- [Kubus, a former collaborator, has requested that he be allowed to return to Bajor, which Kira denies]
- Kubus: Major! I'm an old man. I don't have many years left. What's the harm of letting me live them out on Bajor?
- Major Kira: When the Cardassians needed a new group of Bajorans to work in the mines, who approved those work orders?
- Kubus: The Bajoran government.
- Major Kira: Whose signature was on those authorization forms?
- Kubus: [after some hesitation] Mine.
- Major Kira: And you had to know that those authorizations were death sentences. Did you ever *once* refuse to sign them?
- Kubus: [shakes his head] No.
- Major Kira: And that's why you can never be allowed to set foot on Bajor again. Because if you do, it would dishonor the memory of every person you sentenced to death.
- Vedek Winn: [to a group of children] Remember now: honor the Prophets, and they will always love you.
- [the children leave]
- Vedek Bareil: As I understand the Sacred Texts, the Prophets' love is unconditional. They ask nothing in return.
- Vedek Winn: Thank you, Vedek Bareil, for reminding us how the Sacred Text can be so easily misinterpreted.
- Vedek Bareil: Nothing pleases me more than providing you with an opposing viewpoint, Vedek Winn.
- Vedek Winn: Somehow you never fail to do that.
- Major Kira: What brings you to the station, Vedek Winn?
- Vedek Winn: My child, if I thought the Prophets wanted you to know the purpose of my visit, I would have informed you of it in advance.
- Major Kira: Well, now that I know you're here, I'll be sure to inform Constable Odo to increase station Security.
- Vedek Winn: That won't be necessary. I feel quite safe here.
- Major Kira: No, it wasn't... *your* safety that concerned me.
- Vedek Winn: My child, I know you still hold me responsible for the deplorable attempt on Vedek Bareil's life. But I can only pray that someday, you'll be cured of this unfortunate misconception.
- Major Kira: Well, that's one prayer that will never be answered.
- [in Bareil's orb experience, Kira cuts a man loose who has hung himself]
- Major Kira: Who is it?
- Vedek Bareil: [turning the man around] It's Prylar Bek.
- Major Kira: No, it's not... It's you.
- Odo: The one thing I've learned about humanoids is that in extreme situations, even the best of you are capable of doing terrible things.
- Prylar Bek, Major Kira: [respectively, in Bareil's orb experiences] Accept this gift from the Prophets.
- Major Kira: We need access to certain communication files in the Vedek Assembly records.
- Quark: Perfect. Not only is it illegal, it's sacrilegious.
- Major Kira: I believed in you. I defended you. And Winn was right all along. And now she's gonna destroy you.
- Vedek Bareil: No. I've destroyed myself.
- [Winn has been elected the new Kai]
- Major Kira: So... instead of you, we have Winn to lead us.
- Vedek Bareil: It is the will of the Prophets.
- Major Kira: The question is... *where* will she lead us?
- Vedek Bareil: Down paths she cannot possibly imagine. She's gonna need our help along the way, even if she doesn't realize it yet.