"Time's Arrow" Line-by-Line

GUINAN: And so you stayed for that?

 

PICARD: I didn't want anything to happen to you. You're far too important to me.

 

GUINAN: You know an awful lot about me.

 

PICARD: Believe me, in the future the tables will be turned.

 

Guinan: So we become friends?

 

Picard: It goes far beyond friendship.

 

GUINAN: Oh, but I'll have to wait almost five hundred years, and when we meet I won't be able to tell you about this, will I?

 

PICARD: No. Because for me, none of this will have happened yet.

 

Guinan: What's that?

 

Picard: That's history fufilling itself.

Gore-ac, may I ask a favor? Would you please change your avatar? That one really turns my stomach.

 

[Ten Forward]

GUINAN: History has to fulfill itself. Even Picard knew that.

 

RIKER: You were there in the cavern. You know what happened. What am I supposed to do?

 

Guinan: If I told you what happened in that cavern, it would affect any decision you'd make now. I can't do that. I won't.

 

RIKER: Not telling me might affect my decision. Did you think of that? We're talking about Jean-Luc Picard. I can't sit around and hope it all works out. I've got to do something.

 

[Corridor]


CLEMENS: Any place that doesn't stock a good cigar doesn't rank high in my book.

 

TROI: If you must have one, I'm sure we can replicate it for you.

 

CLEMENS: You think one of these imitations can take the place of a hand wrapped Havana?

 

TROI: I wouldn't know.

 

CLEMENS: Well, that's the problem I see here. All this technology it only serves to take away life's simple pleasures. You don't even let a man open the door for a lady.

 

TROI: I think what we've gained far outweighs anything that might have been lost.