“Patience is for the young.”    — Tekeny Ghemor In fiction, “family” has an awfully elastic definition. Tons of shows and movies are about groups of

“Look out there. Millions and millions of stars. Millions upon millions of worlds. And right now, half of them are fanatically dedicated to destroying the

“You can’t go through life trying to avoid getting a broken heart. If you do, it’ll break from loneliness anyway.”    — Dr. Julian Bashir

“There’s no stigma attached to success.”    — Dr. Julian Bashir I’m guessing about 90% of people reading this know what retcon is, but since the

“Five years ago, no one had ever heard of Bajor or Deep Space Nine and now all our hopes rest here.”    — Chancellor Gowron Occasionally,

“Sentiment is the greatest weakness of all.”    — Elim Garak From the writers’ perspective, the story of the fifth season has been getting DS9 back

“I think it’s time for me to become the villain.”    — Captain Benjamin Sisko If there’s one thing any study of history will teach you,

“Spare the rod, spoil the child.”    — Dr. Mora Pol It was inevitable that DS9 should be more preoccupied with family than any other Trek

“He wanted to protect the innocent and separate the darkness from the light. But he didn’t realize the light only shines in the dark. And,

“I knew we were headed for trouble the minute he allowed the Bajorans to call him Emissary.”    — Admiral Whatley You can’t fire Jesus, no

“My brother will get the bar. My nephew will be completely corrupted by the Federation and become a Starfleet captain. And, my bones will lie

“Anyone who lived through the Occupation had to get a little dirty.”   — Major Kira Nerys Odo was DS9’s first breakout character. Following the patterns