Well, you may not trust me, but you do need me. You’re not prepared for what awaits you.

Doesn’t it taste good?

It’s two days before your unfortunate encounter with a Nausicaan sword. You have that long to make whatever changes you wish. If you can avoid getting stabbed through the heart this time, which I doubt, I will take you back to what you think of as the present. And you can go on with your life with a real heart.

Mark my words, Picard, this is your Achilles heel.

“I did [think that Q was gay] […] John [de Lancie], whose work was brilliant on the show, had a kind of boldness about him, a way of looking at Picard that was provocative. And yes, there was the scene in the bed - although we didn’t make that up. That was written, so we’ve got to commend the writers for that.” - Sir Patrick Stewart (x)

Someone once told me that time is a predator that stalks us all our lives but I rather believe that time is a companion that goes with us on a journey and reminds us to cherish every moment… because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we’ve lived.

“Why do I get the feeling that this was not the time to join this ship?”

“Every one of us has a thousand different kinds of tiny people inside of us. And some of them want to get out and be wild, some want to be sad, or happy, or inventive or even just go dancing. That’s why we all have so many different urges at different times. And all those different little people inside us, we must never be afraid to take them with us wherever we go. I mean, who knows when we may need one of them to pop up and rescue us from ourselves?”