Ghemor: I’m a selfish old man. I can’t keep you here any longer, no matter how much I want to. Entek will never rest until he’s broken you. If he takes you to Order Headquarters… We must get you away from Cardassia. 

Kira: You’d do that for me? Why? 

Ghemor: You’re my daughter, Iliana. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you. Even if it means losing you again.

redonyellow:

The general theme of DS9 in a nutshell.

The brilliant thing about this is, the very next episode is “In the Pale Moonlight.“ Sisko finds his answer.

The Valkyrie Directive: Character of the Week: Kira Nerys and the importance of an interesting backstory

thevalkyriedirective:

I’ll be honest, it was almost impossible for me to choose which of DS9’s two main female characters I wanted to focus on for our first DS9 week. As I teenager I loved the bright, vivacious Jadzia Dax - and I still do. But just like my appreciation for Deanna Troi, my adoration for Kira Nerys…

kateviardo:

"She's never going to love you. How could she? You are changeling."

startrekds9:

“This is her family. The father that is not her father. The baby that is not her baby. That’s Kira’s family.”

- Robert Hewitt Wolfe, writer on  Deep Space Nine