- Lt. Commander Worf: Anyone can see that we are hopelessly mismatched. She is a Trill, I'm a Klingon. She has had five marriages; this would be my first. When she is laughing, I am somber. When I am happy, she is crying. She plays tongo with the Ferengi bartender; I can barely stand him. She mocks everything, while I take everything seriously. She is nothing like the woman I thought I would marry.
- Martok: We are not accorded the luxury of choosing the women we fall in love with. Do you think Sirella is anything like the woman I thought that I'd marry? She is a prideful, arrogant, mercurial woman, who shares my bed far too infrequently for my taste. And yet... I love her, deeply. We Klingons often tout our prowess in battle, our desire for glory and honor above all else. But how hollow is the sound of victory without someone to share it with. Honor gives little comfort to a man alone in his home... and in his heart.
- Lt. Commander Worf: There are six trials we must face on the path to Kal'Hyah. This is the first - deprivation. We now begin a fast that will continue until the day of the wedding.
- Doctor Bashir: That's four days away.
- Martok: It is a short time, I know, but we must make the best of it.
- Captain Sisko: What are the other five trials?
- Lt. Commander Worf: Blood, pain, sacrifice, anguish, and death.
- Doctor Bashir: Sounds like marriage alright.
- Chief O'Brien: How would you know?
- Doctor Bashir: Miles...
- Chief O'Brien: Yeah...
- Doctor Bashir: It's working. I've had a vision about the future. I can see it so clearly.
- Chief O'Brien: What is it?
- Doctor Bashir: I'm gonna kill Worf. I'm gonna kill Worf. That's what I'm gonna do. I can see it clearly now, I'm gonna kill... him.
- Chief O'Brien: Kill Worf.
- Doctor Bashir: Kill Worf.
- Chief O'Brien: Kill Worf... Kill Worf.
- Sirella: And when the two hearts began to beat together, they filled the heavens with a terrible sound. For the first time, the gods knew fear. They tried to flee, but it was too late. The Klingon hearts destroyed the gods who created them, and turned the heavens to ashes. To this very day, no one can oppose the beating of two Klingon hearts - not even me.
- General Martok: My Lady.
- Sirella: You've put on weight, and your hair is going gray.
- General Martok: My... deterioration is proceeding apace.
- Sirella: I thought you would be in your grave by now.
- General Martok: [laughing] I shall endeavor to die. This year, if possible.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: All men are sentimental; they just cover it up with scowls and clenched jaws.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: I wasn't looking to fall in love. I was perfectly happy by myself. I had friends, a career, adventure. Then one day, this Klingon with a bad attitude walked into my life - and the next thing I know, I'm getting married! After 356 years and seven lifetimes... I still lead with my heart.
- Captain Sisko: You know, that is what I've always loved about you. And I think that's why Worf loves you too.
- Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax: [reciting Klingon history] ... but the second Dynasty ended when General K'Trelan assassinated Emperor Reclaw. For the next ten years, the Empire was ruled by a council elected by the people... Modern-day Klingon historians refer to this as "The Dark Time".
- Doctor Bashir: [Quark is taking down the Klingon decorations in his bar] What's going on?
- Quark: Haven't you heard? The wedding's off!
- Chief O'Brien: Off? Why?
- Quark: She says it's because he's a pigheaded, stubborn man who puts tradition before everything else. He says it's because she's a frivolous, emotional woman who refuses to take him or his culture seriously. You can see the problem.
- Chief O'Brien: They're both right.
- Lt. Commander Worf: As you probably know by now, Jadzia and I will be married here on the station in six days.
- Doctor Bashir: There's nothing more romantic than a wedding on DS9 in springtime.
- Chief O'Brien: When the neutrinos are in bloom.
- Martok: You knew about this, didn't you?
- Captain Sisko: Oh, I had a pretty good idea.
- Martok: And you did nothing to stop it?
- Captain Sisko: No. In fact, I recommended you for the position myself. Allow me to offer my congratulations to the new Supreme Commander of the Ninth Fleet.
- Martok: Do you have any idea how much paperwork a supreme commander has to do?
- Captain Sisko: You're welcome!
- Lt. Commander Worf: Now begins the trial of blood.
- Martok: Let rivers flow from our veins.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Who will be first?
- [O'Brien, Sisko and Alexander clandestinely move one step backwards, while Bashir, somewhat groggy, stays put]
- Lt. Commander Worf: I did not expect it to be you, Doctor.
- Doctor Bashir: [looks around] Neither did I.
- Captain Sisko: Quark, take it all away. No food for those on the path to kal'Hyah!
- Quark: No refunds for those on the path to kal'Hyah as well. Sorry.
- Captain Sisko: Morning, Major.
- Major Kira: Good morning, Captain.
- Captain Sisko: Do you know how much I missed hearing you say that?
- Major Kira: Do you know how much I hated saying 'Good morning, Dukat'?
- Captain Sisko: I can imagine.
- Jake Sisko: I sold my first book today.
- Quark: Really? How much did you get for it?
- Jake Sisko: It's just a figure of speech. The Federation News Service is going to publish a book of my stories about life on the station under Dominion rule.
- Quark: And they're not paying you?
- Jake Sisko: No.
- Quark: Well, then you have my sympathies, and the first round of drinks is on the house.
- Jake Sisko: Really?
- Quark: No. It's a figure of speech.
- Lt. Commander Worf: You are forbidden to join the House of Martok.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: So I won't be invited to the family picnics. I'll live.
- Lt. Commander Worf: [referring to a number of pugil sticks] These... are Ma'Stakas.
- Doctor Bashir: What, er... what do we do with them?
- General Martok: At the conclusion of the wedding ceremony, you will use them to attack Worf and Dax.
- Chief O'Brien: Obviously. Don't you know anything?
- Lt. Commander Worf: The tradition dates back to the wedding of Kahless and Lukara, who were nearly killed by Molor's troops, moments after they were married. Until the ceremony, you should keep these with you at all times.
- Captain Sisko: I trust this combat is non-lethal?
- General Martok: It is a symbolic attack only.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Whatever happened to that young, callow ensign I used to know? The one who used to turn to me for advice all the time? You know - the one with hair?
- Captain Sisko: I grew up.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: I guess it's time I grew up too.
- Jake Sisko: [of Jadzia] A woman of many talents.
- Quark: It's a shame she's about to waste them all on that walking frown she calls a fiancé. She's too good for him. I've said that from the beginning.
- Jake Sisko: Are you jealous?
- Quark: There's no profit in jealousy.
- Jake Sisko: Well, that's not a denial.
- Quark: It's not to be quoted either.