- Doctor Bashir: I am aware that aging is part of the natural process of life; it's just that I don't wanna be reminded of it, that's all. And look, Garak - in two days I turn thirty. If I choose to be grumpy about it, that's my prerogative!
- Garak: Oh, by all means, Doctor, be as grumpy as you like.
- Doctor Bashir: Well, thank you for the support!
- Quark: You know, we just introduced a new lunch menu at the bar.
- Doctor Bashir: [edgy] Goodbye, Quark.
- Garak: Don't take it personally. He's turning thirty.
- Doctor Bashir: You all embody different aspects of my personality, different voices inside my head.
- Chief O'Brien: I don't believe we're having this discussion.
- Doctor Bashir: If I were to guess, Chief, I would say that you represent my doubt, and my disbelief.
- Chief O'Brien: No, I don't!
- Garak: I admire your tenacity, Doctor, but it's over. Look at yourself. Your bones are as brittle as twigs, you can't catch your breath; you can't even stand, let alone walk.
- Doctor Bashir: But other than that, I feel wonderful!
- Doctor Bashir: One thing's for sure, you know. After experiencing life at a hundred plus, turning thirty doesn't seem that bad anymore.
- Garak: In that case: happy birthday.
- Doctor Bashir: [describing the real Altovar after surviving his telepathic attack] He barely got two meters before Odo arrested him.
- Garak: It sounds like he was a lot more dangerous in your mind than he was in the real world.
- [last lines]
- Garak: You know, Doctor, what I find most fascinating about this entire incident is how your unconscious mind chose people you know to represent the various parts of your personality.
- Doctor Bashir: Well, it did make things interesting.
- Garak: And what I find interesting, is how your mind ended up casting me in the role of the villain.
- Doctor Bashir: Oh, I wouldn't read too much into that, Garak.
- Garak: Oh, how can I not? To think, after all this time, all our lunches together, you still don't trust me. There is hope for you yet, Doctor.
- Doctor Bashir: Does anybody else hear that?
- Major Kira: What?
- Odo: I don't hear anything.
- Doctor Bashir: No, Garak didn't either.
- Lieutenant Jadzia Dax: Julian, what are you talking about?
- Doctor Bashir: I know, I know, it sounds odd, but I keep hearing voices.
- Chief O'Brien: And he says *we're* acting peculiar?
- Garak: Your hair - it seems to be turning gray.
- Doctor Bashir: So I've noticed.
- Garak: I guess you had reason to feel worried about turning thirty after all. Either that, or your job is even more stressful than I thought.
- Doctor Bashir: This monitor - it's displaying my vital signs.
- Chief O'Brien: And what's the prognosis?
- Doctor Bashir: Pulse is thready, blood pressure is dropping steadily. I'm dying.
- Chief O'Brien: I could've told you that just by looking at you.
- Altovar: You're staying right here, trapped on this station, watching while I destroy you piece by piece. And when all the best parts of you are gone, when there's nothing left but a withered shell, then - and only then - will I put you out of your misery.
- [Bashir flees]
- Altovar: You can't escape, Doctor. You can run if you want to, but you can't outrun death!
- Doctor Bashir: You may be inside my head, but you don't know me half as well as you think you do. Take Dax. I do have feelings for her. But the important thing is, she's my friend. You know? Friend? Hm? And I wouldn't exchange that friendship for anything. As far as my career is concerned, I may have been a good tennis player, but I am a great doctor. Maybe I could have been first in my class; but it wouldn't have changed anything in my life. I still would have chosen this assignment. This is where I belong.
- Major Kira: [Odo is skulking around the room like a trapped animal] Constable, would you stop doing that?
- Odo: Doing what?
- Major Kira: Looking around like that. It's getting on my nerves.
- Chief O'Brien: Mind if I come along?
- Doctor Bashir: I thought you said I didn't have a chance.
- Chief O'Brien: Well, I'm hoping I was wrong.
- Doctor Bashir: So am I.
- Chief O'Brien: But somehow I doubt it.
- Garak: I wasn't aware that humans saw growing old as a negative experience. On Cardassia, advanced age is seen as a sign of power and dignity.