- The Doctor: [inserting a speech at the inauguration of the Astrometrics lab] Who would have thought that this eclectic group of voyagers could actually become a family? Starfleet, Maquis, Klingon, Talaxian, hologram, Borg - even Mr. Paris.
- [Seven complains to Tuvok about her untidy cabin mate when Neelix passes by with a "tactical question"]
- Neelix: We're just about done rebuilding the internal security sensors, and we're ready to program the audio signal. Do you want it to say 'Intruder alert' or should we try something a little more dramatic, like 'Warning, intruder alert' or 'Intruders among us! Danger! Danger! Intruders among us!'
- Tuvok: 'Intruder alert' will suffice.
- Neelix: Yeah. Go with the classic. Understood, sir.
- [leaves]
- Tuvok: [to Seven] And you believe YOU have difficulties.
- Tom Paris: I was inspired by an ancient steamship, the Titanic. The engineers of the day constructed a series of special bulkheads - sort of like a honeycomb - that would lower into place if they suffered a major hull breach. In theory, they could stay afloat even with half the ship filled with water.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: The Titanic? As I recall, it sank.
- Tom Paris: Well, let's just say I've... made a few improvements.
- [last lines]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Each of you has done your best, but determination alone isn't going to hold this ship together. It's time we faced reality. We've lost nine decks; more than half the ship has been destroyed; life support is nearly gone. Voyager can no longer sustain its crew. I promised myself that I would never give this order, that I would never break up this family, but asking you to stay... would be asking you to die. You will proceed to the escape pods and evacuate this vessel. Set your course for the Alpha Quadrant. Along the way, try to find allies; secure faster ships if you can - anything to get home. The senior staff and I will remain on board as long as possible. We will try - somehow - to rescue Tom and Chakotay. The escape pods are equipped with subspace beacons. That's how we'll keep track of you. When we find each other again - and we will... we will find each other again - I expect all of you to be in one piece, with some interesting stories to tell. Good luck.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Is there something on your mind?
- Chakotay: Yes, but you're not going to like it.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: That's never stopped you before.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Captain's log, Stardate 51268.4 - This morning's attack destroyed the power grid on deck eleven. No casualties this time, but the replicator system was badly damaged. We've gone to emergency rations. As a result, the situation has gotten a little worse. Environmental controls continue to fail. Seven decks have been rendered uninhabitable, and we've had to relocate the crew. Quarters are close, nerves are frayed, and I'm not sure what's more difficult to maintain - Voyager's systems or the crew's morale. What's important is that we're together, working towards a single goal: survival.
- [Voyager has sustained heavy damage, and the bridge lies in ruins]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: I'll be in my ready room.
- [picks up a piece of debris]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: You have the bridge.
- [throws debris away]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: What's left of it.
- [the Doctor emotionally reprimands Tom Paris for his lack of emotional detachment as a nurse]
- Tom Paris: Physician, heal thyself.
- Harry Kim: Grace Kelly. Cat burglars. The Riviera. Name the title and the male lead.
- B'Elanna Torres: 'To Catch a Thief.'
- Harry Kim: Right.
- B'Elanna Torres: Clark Gable.
- Harry Kim: Eeeh! Wrong. Cary Grant.
- [Janeway declines a watch Chakotay has given her as a birthday present]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: That watch represents a meal, a hypospray, or a pair of boots. It could mean the difference between life and death one day.
- [Tuvok, having gone blind in an explosion earlier, is shaving]
- Seven of Nine: You've been damaged.
- Tuvok: A minor laceration.
- Seven of Nine: I have offered to assist you with your personal grooming.
- Tuvok: There are some tasks I would rather perform myself.
- Seven of Nine: Unacceptable. You're risking further injury.
- Tuvok: Shaving is hardly a life-threatening activity.
- Annorax: You're a long way from your world. In a manner of speaking, so am I. Unfortunately, only one of us can go home again.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Ensign Kim and Seven of Nine have merged Starfleet and Borg ingenuity to create this new technology, and I'm sure I speak for the entire crew when I say... thank you. Now, how the hell does it work?
- [first lines]
- Obrist: Temporal incursion is complete. All organisms and man-made objects have been eradicated.
- Annorax: Take us to the Zahl homeworld. Prepare a new set of calculations. We must erase the entire species from time, every life form... every molecule.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: [discovering that, in an instant, a species has vanished] Erased from history.
- [Obrist reports that the erasure of the Zahl homeworld has produced a complete temporal restoration]
- Annorax: If I told you to count the stars in the cosmos, would the task ever be complete?
- Chakotay: [on Janeway's determination to protect Voyager with temporal shielding] Before long, there won't be a ship left to protect.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: We don't have a choice.
- Chakotay: Maybe we do.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Here comes the part I'm not gonna like.
- Krenim Commandant: I would prefer to seize your vessel before it is too badly damaged. Surrender now and I will forego the execution of your crew.
- Chakotay: It's a replica of the chronometer worn by Captain Cray of the British navy. His ship was hit by a typhoon in the Pacific. Everyone back in England thought they were killed. But 8 months later, Cray sailed his ship into London harbor. There wasn't much left of it, a few planks, half a sail, but he got his crew home.