“A child… a moron… a failure… and a psychopath. Quite a little team you’ve put together.” Jeffrey Combs as Brunt on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (“The Magnificent Ferengi”)

You’ve never had a child. You don’t know what it’s like to watch your son… to watch him fall a little further behind every day. You know he’s trying, but something’s holding him back. You don’t know what it’s like to stay up every night worrying that maybe it’s your fault; maybe you did something wrong during the pregnancy, or maybe you weren’t careful enough. Or maybe there’s something wrong with you; maybe you passed on a genetic defect without even knowing it. ..This is important. You can condemn us for what we did. You can say it’s illegal or immoral or whatever you want to say, but you have to understand that we didn’t do it because we were ashamed, but because you were our son and we loved you.  Amsha Bashir, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Dr. Julian Bashir: Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren’t?

Elim Garak: My dear Doctor, they’re all true.

Dr. Julian Bashir: Even the lies?

Elim Garak: Especially the lies.  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine