“I used to imagine seeing her older,”

”Offering me a cup of tea,”

“And asking for a chat.”

“If only I had left that door closed, she might have become an old woman.”

“I loved her. Desperately.”

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode Where No One Has Gone Before (1987) // Star Trek: Picard, Episode Hide and Seek (2022)

Apparently, I ended my existence in the hope of prolonging yours.
That’s right. Before I had even grasped the nature of our predicament, you had conceived and executed it. I was furious!

Et in Arcadia Ego: Part 2 (1x10)

Another damn dream.
No, captain. It is a massively complex quantum simulation.