- [Torres tries to bring Chakotay back with his people's medicine wheel]
- Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres: The wheel represents both the universe outside and the universe inside our minds as well. They believe each is a reflection of the other. When a person is sleeping or, or on a vision quest, it's said that his soul is walking the wheel. But if he's in a coma or near death, it means that he's gotten lost. These stones are signposts... to help point the way back.
- [she places one stone on the wheel; the Doctor sighs]
- Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres: Not exactly standard medical procedure, I know, but...
- The Doctor: You've placed the coyote stone at the crossroads of the fifth and sixth realms, which would divert Commander Chakotay's soul, that is his consciousness, into the mountains of the antelope women - according to his tradition an extremely attractive locale. He might not want to leave.
- [Janeway intends to transfer all commando codes to the Doctor]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: If you feel at any time that any of us are under the influence of the alien, you can countermand our orders and take control of the ship. Do you feel up to it?
- The Doctor: Of course. I make life and death decisions every day.
- The Doctor: [after Torres has put up a medicine wheel over Chakotay's sickbed] You might have asked before adorning my sickbay with animal remains.
- [Neelix is wary because Ensign Parsons has ordered a drink other than his usual one]
- The Doctor: Mr. Neelix, just because a man changes his drink order doesn't mean he's possessed by an alien.
- Neelix: Nevertheless, don't you think you should... scan him or dissect him or something? Just to make sure.
- The Doctor: I could examine every crew member you've mentioned so far, every person on board, for that matter, and it wouldn't do any good. From what we can tell, the alien can jump from person to person at will.
- Neelix: Sounds to me like you're defending Ensign Parsons.
- The Doctor: I'm not defending him. I'm just pointing out that you're acting a little paranoid. In fact, one could say you're acting a little... too paranoid.
- The Doctor: Neurotransmitters are normal. Synaptic functions stable. Hold still.This is an extremely sensitive scan.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: What I wouldn't give to see good old Doc Brown right now.
- The Doctor: What?
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Doc Brown. Lollipops in the waiting room. No holocomic books more than 6 months old, hose calls. I caught a bad cold one time when I was 9 years old. The doctor whipped up a pot of garlic soup and brought it over himself.
- Mrs. Templeton: [Janeway is running a Gothic holonovel set in 18th or 19th century England] Let's make something clear, Mrs. Davenport. My job is to make sure that this household runs smoothly. I have been with Lord Burleigh for nearly twenty years because this household runs smoothly. He has come to trust me, and I will not brook any behavior that might jeopardize that trust, so you will be expected to follow the rules that I set down.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Mrs. Templeton, I have no wish to do anything that might disrupt this household, but let *me* make something perfectly clear. I've been hired by Lord Burleigh, and it's his orders I will follow, not yours.
- Mrs. Templeton: You would be wise not to make an enemy of me. I can make sure we have another governess by next week.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: I suggest we try to get along, Mrs. Templeton. Surely there's room here for both of us?
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Your report, Doctor.
- The Doctor: [referring to Paris] I still have a series of tests to perform, but other than his irritating lapses into nostalgia, I see nothing wrong with him.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Am I being accused of something here?
- Lieutenant Tuvok: We're merely following a line of deductive reasoning, Lieutenant. Both deviations from our course were apparently issued from locations where you were working.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: I'm telling you, I didn't do it!
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Well, I'm willing to rule out mutiny for the time being.
- [the Doctor gives an overview on how he reintegrated Chakotay's consciousness]
- The Doctor: Needless to say, it was a remarkable procedure. I would consider writing a paper about it if there were a convenient forum in which to publish it.