- Kes: On my homeworld, it's so much simpler. You choose a mate for life; there's no distrust, no jealousy, no envy, no betrayal...
- The Doctor: Hmm... Your world must have very dry literature.
- Tom Paris: Lock on to us, Voyager. If you hear muffled screams, consider that a request for a beam-out.
- Tom Paris: Aaww, Harry... I'm in trouble.
- Ensign Harry Kim: What's new?
- Tom Paris: I think I'm in love.
- Ensign Harry Kim: What's new?
- Tom Paris: With Kes.
- Ensign Harry Kim: *Kes*?
- The Doctor: [theorizing on Paris' attraction to Kes] Whenever you walk into the room, his respiration increases, his pupils dilate and the coloration of his ears turns decidedly orange. Until I noticed the pattern, I thought he was suffering from Tanzian flu.
- Ensign Harry Kim: [about Paris and Neelix] I'm sure they'll both be fine.
- Kes: Unless they kill each other.
- Tom Paris: There's a whole course at the Academy full of all sorts of survival strategies.
- Neelix: I hope you had a passing grade?
- Tom Paris: B minus.
- Neelix: That's not very encouraging.
- Tom Paris: My father was teaching the class that year.
- Neelix: And he gave you a B minus? I guess he didn't play favorites, huh?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Have you encountered life forms?
- Tom Paris: Actually, yes.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Are they hostile?
- Tom Paris: No, just... young.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: [having summoned Paris and Neelix, Janeway is surprised to see them covered in pasta and sauce] Would anyone care to explain?
- Tom Paris: It might be too long to go into right now, Captain.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Very well. I have a mission for the two of you. We have reason to believe that there are food sources on this planet, but we can't transport to the surface. You're going to take a shuttle down and do a little scouting.
- Neelix: Me? And him?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: He's our best pilot, and you're our expert on edible plant species in this quadrant.
- Tom Paris: Uh, Captain, I'm not one to pass up a mission, but in this circumstance, maybe Ensign Baytart, who is a fine pilot...
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: There are electro-magnetic anomalies in the atmosphere, and I would rather have you at the helm. Am I discerning a personal problem here, gentlemen?
- Neelix: Frankly, yes, Captain.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Solve it. You leave at 1400 hours.
- Neelix: Tell me something - in that Starfleet survival course, did your father teach you to check for life signs before you seal yourself inside a cave?
- [Neelix is concerned that the alien mother might reject her baby]
- Tom Paris: Neelix, one thing's for sure, whether the mother rejects it or not, she will reject you and me!
- [Kes appears to be rather tetchy]
- The Doctor: You know, if you skipped lunch, the result might be a lower blood sugar level, which could... I'm sorry. It's in my program. I see something wrong, I must attempt to diagnose it.
- The Doctor: Throughout history, men have fought over the love of a woman. Why, I can quote you autopsy reports from duels as far back as 1538.
- Kes: That's not funny!
- The Doctor: It's not meant to be. You've always been interested in autopsies.