- Joran Belar: [on Sisko] I don't know what you and Jadzia and Curzon all see in that man. He's so insufferable, so Starfleet. I'm surprised the killer hasn't targeted *him*.
- [Dax is investigating the murders on the station]
- Lt. Commander Worf: I am certain that you will do whatever is necessary to complete your task.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: And how do you know that?
- Lt. Commander Worf: You're Dax. It is your way.
- [Bashir is talking about the mythology around the Alamo]
- Doctor Bashir: ...There was this notion that a man could have a special relationship with a weapon. Some frontiersmen even went so far as to give their rifles names, female ones at that, thus changing the relationship between owner and object to something resembling man and woman.
- Chief O'Brien: Hm. Maybe I'll start calling my tricorder 'Sally'.
- [the crew are analyzing Illario's death]
- Chief O'Brien: [scanning the corpse] That's odd... According to these readings, the bullet only traveled eight or nine centimeters.
- Captain Sisko: Then the killer must have fired at point blank range.
- Odo: I don't think so. There are no powder burns on the body.
- Doctor Bashir: What are powder burns?
- Odo: At close range, chemically propelled weapons leave residual combustion products on the skin and clothing of the victims.
- Captain Sisko: How did you know that?
- Odo: I read 20th century crime novels - Raymond Chandler, Mike Hammer, that sort of thing.
- Joran Belar: You're holding back, Ezri. You refuse to see with his eyes, feel with his hands, think with his mind.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: You want to turn me into a killer, make me like you.
- Joran Belar: You are me.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: You want me to kill someone? What do you say I start with you?
- Joran Belar: That's the spirit!
- Lt. Commander Worf: It is dangerous for you to be wandering the Promenade alone.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: You were worried about me?
- Lt. Commander Worf: There is a killer on the station. You have no right to endanger yourself this way!
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: You *were* worried about me. Thank you, Worf, that's... sweet.
- Lt. Commander Worf: You are a fellow officer. I would have the same concern for Chief O'Brien... or Dr. Bashir.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: Of course! I didn't mean to imply otherwise.
- Lt. Hector Ilario: You know something, Lieutenant? You're very beautiful.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: And you're very drunk.
- Lt. Hector Ilario: True enough. But in the morning I'll be sober, and you'll still be beautiful.
- Odo: [to Dax, in her dream] I'm sorry, Lieutenant. There's nothing more annoying than a corpse with a mind of its own.
- Joran Belar: [studying a picture of a Bolian family] How could anyone be so happy with such unattractive children?
- [Dax is getting the feel for the murder weapon by aiming it at a potential victim in his quarters]
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: But why kill like this? Why not choose a victim on the Promenade or in Quark's?
- Joran Belar: If you want to know the answer, pull the trigger.
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax: [when apprehending Chu'lak] Tell me, why did you do it?
- Chu'lak: Because logic demanded it.
- Lt. Hector Ilario: To the class of '72!
- [Kira motions for him to drink, but she and Ezri will sit this one out]
- Lt. Hector Ilario: Another round?
- Lieutenant Ezri Dax, Colonel Kira: NO!
- Lt. Hector Ilario: Time to go?
- Colonel Kira: It was time to go about an hour ago.