Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Innocence (1996)

Tim Russ: Lt. Tuvok

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• Elani : [referring to Tuvok's children]  If Vulcans don't feel anything, does that mean you don't love them?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : My attachment to my children cannot be described as an emotion. They are part of my identity. And I am... incomplete without them.

• Tressa : I'll really be quiet this time. I won't touch anything.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : That would make it difficult for you to assist me with repairs.

• Elani : I don't want to stay here anymore. I don't like it here.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Your displeasure doesn't change our situation, nor does it bring us any closer to a solution.

• Lieutenant Tuvok : We often fear what we do not understand. Our best defense is knowledge.

• Lieutenant Tuvok : Vulcans consider death to be the completion of a journey. There is nothing to fear.

• [last lines] 

  Lieutenant Tuvok : We'll wait here as long as you like.

  Tressa : I know it's time. My only regret is leaving my family. My grandson. You remind me of him sometimes.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : You will still be with them in their thoughts, as you will be in mine.

• Lieutenant Tuvok : Vulcans believe that a person's katra - what some might call a soul - continues to exist after the body dies.

  Elani : Do you believe that?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : When I was younger, I accepted it without question. In recent years, I have experienced doubts. I do believe there is more within each of us than science has yet explained.

  Tressa : I know we should have more faith. It's wrong to be afraid of death.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : There is nothing wrong in choosing to live.

• Tressa : I'd like to hear a story.

  Corin : Tell us one about the Fire Beast of Sullus.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : I never understood the practice in some cultures of describing ferocious creatures in an attempt to lull children to sleep.

• [Tuvok is preparing the children for a meditative exercise, making them fold their hands] 

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Now close your eyes, and imagine all the energy in your body is flowing to the point where your fingertips meet. Nothing else you hear or feel is important. Let the outside world fade away. You exist only inside your mind.

• Lieutenant Tuvok : [referring to the morrok]  Have any of you ever seen this creature?

  Elani : You can only see it when it comes for you. Then it's too late.

• [Tuvok tries to corral the children's rambunctiousness by getting them to meditate while he repairs his shuttlecraft] 

  Corin : Do you have any children?

  Elani : Be quiet. We're trying to attain a meditative state.

  Corin : But I wanna know.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : I have four children. Now, you must concentrate.

  Corin : What are they like?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : [pointedly]  Well-behaved.

• Lieutenant Tuvok : Vulcan parents never shield their children from the truth. Doing so would only hinder their ability to cope with inevitable difficulties.