Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)
Sacred Ground (1996)
Keene Curtis: Old Man #2
Photos
Quotes
-
Old Man #2 : If you can explain everything, what's left to believe in?
-
Captain Kathryn Janeway : The ritual I went through was meaningless, and Kes has done nothing to prepare herself. How could either of us be ready to go through the field?
Old Man #2 : If you believe you're ready, then you are. There's no more to it than that.
-
Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm just trying to understand how this works. The monks I saw in the sanctuary were young. They couldn't have waited such a long time to go through their rituals.
Old Woman : [to the old men] Now, she's right about that, you know.
Old Man #2 : She's a smart one.
Old Man #1 : She thinks she is, at any rate.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : This is a test of some kind, isn't it? To prove my determination.
Old Woman : A test? She thinks we're a test. What is she talking about?
Old Man #2 : She must like tests. I suppose tests make sense to her.
-
Old Man #2 : Even when her science fails right before her eyes, she still has full confidence in it. Now, there's a leap of faith.
-
Captain Kathryn Janeway : So, there's no real ritual after all?
Old Man #2 : 'Real' is such a relative term. Most of the challenges in life are the ones we create for ourselves.
-
Old Woman : We're waiting. Come. Join us.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : What exactly are you waiting for?
Old Man #2 : Just... waiting.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : How long have you been sitting here?
Old Man #2 : Uh, how long HAS it been?
Old Man #1 : Why ya asking me? I've lost track!
Old Man #2 : It's been a while, I know that.
Old Woman : Oh, it's been... as long as we can remember.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : Are you telling me I have to wait a lifetime before I can go through the ritual?
Old Man #1 : I didn't hear anyone say that. Did you?
Old Man #2 : Certainly not. All we said was that we're waiting.