Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Skin of Evil (1988)

Denise Crosby: Lieutenant Natasha 'Tasha' Yar

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• Lt. Tasha Yar : [her final words]  Death is that state in which one exists only in the memory of others, which is why it is not an end. No goodbyes. Just good memories. Hailing frequencies closed, sir.

  Capt. Picard : Au revoir, Natasha.

• Lt. Tasha Yar : My friend Data. You see things with the wonder of a child, and that makes you more human than any of us.

• Lt. Tasha Yar : Captain Jean-Luc Picard. I wish I could say you've been like a father to me, but I've never had one, so I don't know what it feels like, but if there was someone in this universe I could choose to be like, someone who I would want to make proud of me, it's you - you who have the heart of an explorer and the soul of a poet.

• [from Tasha's holographic message] 

  Lt. Tasha Yar : What I want you to know is how much I loved my life, and those of you who shared it with me. You are my family. You all know where I came from, and what my life was like before, but Starfleet took that frightened, angry young girl and tempered her. I have been blessed with your friendship and your love.

• Lieutenant Worf : You are favored in the ship's pool.

  Lt. Tasha Yar : You bet on me?

  Lieutenant Worf : A sure thing.