- Commodore Robert April: No matter where I've traveled in the galaxy, Jim, this bridge is more like home than anywhere else.
- Capt. Kirk: Yes, Commodore, I know the feeling.
- Commodore Robert April: To me she was always like my child. I was there in the San Francisco Navy Yards when her unit components were built.
- Mr. Spock: Captain, the flower is not the only thing on board that is growing younger.
- Capt. Kirk: Explain, Spock.
- Mr. Spock: Ship's chronometers are also running backward. The flow of time is reversed in this universe. The longer we stay here, the younger we will become.
- Capt. Kirk: Gentlemen, I'm sure none of us mind growing younger instead of older for a change.
- Commodore Robert April: It pleases me, Jim. If we stay here long enough I'll no longer be at the mandatory retirement age.
- Commodore Robert April: What a blessing to be able to live one's life over again - if the life you've led has left you unfulfilled. No, Sarah, I don't want to live it all over again. I couldn't improve one bit on what we've had together.
- Commodore Robert April: Just because someone is seventy-five years old doesn't mean they're ready to stop giving service to the galaxy.
- Capt. Kirk: [referring to Karla Five] I can understand her now without the aid of the Universal Translator.
- Mr. Spock: Apparently our brains are also working in reverse, Captain.