Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Cold Fire (1995)

Jennifer Lien: Kes

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• Kes : To be honest, I never want to see that part of myself again.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : To which part are you referring?

  Kes : To the part of me that got pleasure from destroying those plants in the airponics bay, to the part of me that was tempted to go with Tanis. I never realized I had such dark impulses.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Without the darkness, how would we recognize the light? Do not fear your negative thoughts. They are part of you. They are a part of every living being - even Vulcans.

  Kes : You?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : The Vulcan heart was forged out of barbarism and violence. We learned to control it, but it is still part of us. To pretend it does not exist is to create an opportunity for it to escape.

• Lieutenant Tuvok : If you are to succeed in honing your telepathic abilities, you must learn to control these emotional outbursts.

  Kes : Outburst? It was a giggle!

• Kes : [after burning all the plants to the ground]  I killed those plants - just like I almost killed Tuvok - but I don't want to hurt anybody.

  Tanis : Of course you don't. That's not the point. Hurt people, help them, give life, kill - it's all the same. Once you see beyond the physical, you see the universe as it truly is.

• Tanis : What would an Ocampa be doing on an alien starship?

  Kes : It's a long story... but I'd like to know what an Ocampa is doing on an alien space station.

  Tanis : That is also a long story.

  Kes : Then I suggest we meet and tell each other our stories.