That boy's absolute candor can get his ass kicked.

Raffi

Rios: What am I looking at?
Lieutenant: Spatial anomaly, captain. Minor tachyon levels but nothing critical. For the moment, it appears stable.
Jurati: The fabric of space-time rending does not really shout stability.

Picard: This is for your private reserve.
Guinan: Oh, with you pushing a century, and me pushing several, I don't really think at our age, we should be reserving anything.

Picard: It's not as if I haven't loved before. I have. Sometimes, quite deeply.
Guinan: Yes, but always with those who would only be temporary.
Picard: That's not entirely true.
Guinan: So that you'd never have to fear any of them taking root.

The problem isn't Time. It's you.

Guinan

Guinan: You always talk about love as if you ever took it seriously. And you know the only thing you've ever put out to break were your bones. And the only thing you ever risked losing was your life.
Picard: That's not an insignificant loss.
Guinan: There are worse things than being dead.

Well, Admiral, we're the tip of the spear, you're the ranking officer, and the Devil is calling your name.

Rios

You've been talking a lot about second chances. Well, my friend, welcome to the very end of the road not taken.

Q

Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 1 Quotes

Y'know, as days on Earth go, this is reliably one of my favorites.

Picard

Cheers, Big Ears.

Picard