Related:

• We must acknowledge once and for all that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.
  -- Spock, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4....
• The only tool diplomacy has is language. -- Hodin of Gideon, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.
  4....
• Most people are afraid of being alone. -- Kirk, "The Mark of Gideon," stardate 5423.4.
• The people of Gideon have always believed that life is sacred.
  That the love of life is the greatest gift .. we are incapable of destroying or interfering with the creation of that which we love so deeply -- life in every form from fetus to developed being....
• Chekov: "And if we cannot peice together what happened?
  What then, sir?" Spock: "In that case, Mister Chekov, it resides in the purview of the diplomats....
• Spock: "We will be able to follow the captain's movements.
  Valeris: "How did you achieve this, sir?" Spock: "Time is precious, Lieutenant....
• What is it like to feel pain? It is like ... when you see that people have no hope of happiness .
  .. you feel great despair ... your heart is heavy because you know you can do nothing ....
• Spock: "She can still outrun us. And outgun us. But there is the Mutura Nebula at 1-5-3 Mark 4.
  Kirk: "Scotty, can we make it inside?" Scott: "The energizer's bypassed like a Christmas tree so don't give me too many bumps....
• In critical moments men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.
  -- Spock, "The Tholian Web," stardate 5693.2....