- Seven of Nine: [of the Da Vinci program] I've been thinking about what you said, that this was a place to encourage your imagination.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Is that appealing to you?
- Seven of Nine: I'm not certain. I find myself... constructing scenarios, considering alternative possibilities. What if my parents and I had not encountered the Borg? What would our lives have been? I would have been raised by them, learned from them. They would've influenced what I became, who and what I am.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: And you... would have done the same for them.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: [reading from Seven's personal log] "The feathers are black. Wingspan approximately one half meter. The eyes are yellow, and it has a powerful triangular beak. When it looks at me... I am paralyzed. I cannot move. It seems to know me, but I don't understand how that's possible. It's merely a bird, an inferior form of life, but the sight of it fills me with fear." Sounds like she's describing a member of the... Corvidae family, like a crow or... or a raven.
- Harry Kim: There were some personal log entries, mostly observations about the crew's behavior. I'm mentioned in quite a few of them. Apparently she finds my behavior easy to predict - whatever that means.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Don't take it personally. Coming from Seven, that's probably a compliment.
- Seven of Nine: This was our ship. We lived here. We lived here for a long time. Father did experiments. They were very important, and we had to... travel a long way. I had my birthday here. My cake had six candles on it and... and one more to grow on, and then the men came. Papa tried to fight them, but they were too strong. I tried to hide. Maybe they wouldn't find me because I was little, but they did, and then Papa said we were going to crash and... the big man picked me up, and then suddenly we weren't on this ship anymore, we were somewhere else. And then I became Borg.
- Seven of Nine: [to Tuvok] No... I will not assimilate you. Once I have returned to the Collective, you will go back to Voyager and tell Captain Janeway what's happened to me. Thank her for her patience... for her kindness.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: It's a way of exploring aspects of yourself... that probably didn't fit into your life as a Borg - imagination, creativity, fantasy.
- Seven of Nine: I am uncertain why these things are necessary.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Well, they aren't necessary, Seven, but they're an important part of one's life, because imagination frees the mind. It inspires ideas and solutions and... it can provide a great deal of pleasure. Human progress - the human mind itself - couldn't exist without them.
- The Doctor: [to Seven] You could be experiencing some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Makes sense. You were assimilated by the Borg. You've gone through an intense, prolonged trauma.
- Seven of Nine: I was not traumatized, I was raised by the Borg. I don't see them as threatening. Why would I experience fear?
- Tuvok: Why have you left Voyager?
- Seven of Nine: I am Borg.
- Tuvok: You were Borg, but you're human now. You're part of our crew.
- Seven of Nine: For a brief time I was human, but I have come to realize that I am Borg. I will always be Borg.
- B'Elanna Torres: [on Seven's departure] You're taking this kind of hard, aren't you?
- Harry Kim: What's that supposed to mean?
- [Torres does not answer]
- Harry Kim: We had a working relationship.
- B'Elanna Torres: Well, what's THAT supposed to mean?
- Harry Kim: It's not what you're thinking.
- B'Elanna Torres: What am I thinking, Harry?
- Harry Kim: Never mind.
- [Neelix teaches Seven how to eat]
- Neelix: Uh, just kind of, uh... scoop some up. That's 'e way, right into your mouth just like the little scout ship flying into a shuttlebay.
- Seven of Nine: I experience... a series of disjointed images in my mind.
- The Doctor: Can you be more specific? Were these... hallucinations?
- Seven of Nine: I don't know, I've never hallucinated.
- The Doctor: I'll draw up a list of nutritional requirements. Take it to Mister Neelix in the mess hall. I hesitate to inflict his cooking on you but it'll have to do.
- [first lines]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: It's not as difficult as it looks. The first rule is: don't be afraid of the clay.
- Seven of Nine: I fear nothing.
- Seven of Nine: Oral consumption is inefficient.
- The Doctor: And unnecessary, if you're lucky enough to be a hologram, but your human physiology requires it.