- Commander Chakotay: Why would these factions of Kazon, loyal to no one, all have the same agenda, and why would that agenda focus on a nonessential area of the ship?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: I don't know, but it feels like we're being pecked to death by ducks.
- Crewman Lon Suder: An entirely new species. I'm gonna name it after you - the Tuvok orchid.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: That is an honor you should reserve for yourself, Mr. Suder. You gave this species life.
- Crewman Lon Suder: And you gave ME life. All of this is because of you, because of the meld.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: The meld may have introduced you to my interest in floriculture, but you have embraced it entirely on your own... and discovered a unique talent within yourself in the process.
- Crewman Lon Suder: I used to think the only talent I had was a talent for killing. Please. It's my way of saying thank you.
- Kolopak: Centuries ago, when the women of our tribe were raped by white conquerors, many gave birth to their children, and we did not reject them. They were accepted by the tribe. One was a direct ancestor of ours, Chakotay. His name... was Ce Acatl. He became a great leader of our people. Here is a man who was given life without his mother's consent. Are you so different from her? And is your child so different from Ce Acatl?
- Commander Chakotay: [after a pause] No.
- Kolopak: Mm... He is your son, Chakotay, and he is a child of our people.
- [Maje Culluh has marooned the Voyager crew on a primitive planet]
- First Maje Culluh: A fitting end for a people who would not share their technology. Let's see if you manage to survive... without it.
- [in a vision, Chakotay is talking to his father about his and Seska's son]
- Commander Chakotay: He was born without my consent. I had no part in it.
- Kolopak: No part in it? Well, it's been a long time, so forgive me, but it seems that I *had* to play a part before your mother could conceive.
- Seska: What do you think of your son, Chakotay? He has your eyes, don't you think? Thank goodness he doesn't look too Human. You all have such weak foreheads.
- Commander Chakotay: May he grow up never knowing the contempt his father has for his mother.
- The Doctor: In fact, projecting the illusion of a large, three-dimensional object has been a trick of magicians for centuries.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: We'll just do it with mirrors.
- The Doctor: Mister Paris's predictable attempts at humor notwithstanding, that is precisely what I would suggest.
- Commander Chakotay: [regarding Seska's distress call over Chakotay's baby] Do you think it's a trap?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Do I think Seska is capable of manipulating you and me with this? Oh, yes.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: [the problem with Seska allying with the Kason] She knows you, Chakotay. She knew how you'd react when you saw your son in danger.
- Commander Chakotay: I have a duty to this crew. I can't just leave and go looking for the child.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: And I'd never consider letting you go into a Kazon-Nistrim stronghold by yourself. If we do this, we do it together. That's something else Seska would know, too.
- Commander Chakotay: You still have pride in the Nistrim, don't you, Teirna? Even after what they did to you. I remember that pride in your eyes when you pounded me with your fists, while I was tied to a chair, and I can see it in your eyes now, and that scares the hell out of me.
- Teirna: You must scare easily, Federation.
- First Maje Culluh: [under Voyager's Red Alert illumination] Why is it so dark in here? Somebody turn on the lights!
- [Chakotay has slammed Teirna against the sickbay door]
- The Doctor: Commander Chakotay! Not in my sickbay. Please.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Time to intercept?
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Three minutes, ten seconds - give or take a photon torpedo.
- First Maje Culluh: [to Federation crewmen about Seska] What is it about the women from your quadrant? You know, she contradicts me in front of the senior askara? My own woman, disputing her Maje in front of others. This is your fault. You've let your women get out of control.
- The Doctor: If you don't mind, I do have something to add. Thank you. Captain, I hesitate to offer suggestions in a field of endeavor that is not within my usual area of expertise...
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Please, Doctor, your suggestions on any subject are always welcome.
- The Doctor: Really. In that case, you may expect several more on a variety of matters in the near future.