- Lt. Alex Freeman: [lying on Peter's back] Guess who?
- Ensign Peter Kirk: Hmmm. Mr. Sulu.
- Lt. Alex Freeman: You wish!
- Mr. Spock: The red giant is named Lear after King Lear. The blue dwarf is Iago.
- Lt. Pavel Chekov: Hm. Somebody didn't know their Shakespeare very well. A Russian wouldn't make that mistake.
- Mr. Spock: It is a metafore, Mr. Chekov. The red giant is a very old star. The blue-white dwarf is pulling the fire out of it. It will take thousands of centuries, of course.
- Captain James T. Kirk: [having just learned of Peter and Alex's relationship] Spock, am I... the only one who didn't know?
- Mr. Spock: I believe... Mr. Scott may have been to busy to notice.
- Captain James T. Kirk: [thoughtful pause] Thanks, Spock.
- Captain James T. Kirk: My nephew... on a security team.
- Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Relax, Jim. We don't put bullseyes on the redshirts anymore.
- Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott: Sleep, there's no such thing. It's just an old space tale like Sparkle dancers or Klingons with a heart of gold.
- Lt. Pavel Chekov: No, I remember sleep. I did it once. You lie down and don't do anything for six hours. Wonderful.