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Protectors (Star Trek: Voyager) Protectors by Kirsten Beyer
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“You are, inarguably, one of the finest officers who has ever worn the uniform. You eat the impossible for breakfast. You seek out challenges most would never contemplate, holding yourself to ridiculously high standards, and you do it with a ready smile, keen wit, formidable intelligence, and a compassionate heart. You are a bloody beacon in the darkness, an inspiration to anyone dedicating their lives to Starfleet. To a man, those who have served with you in the past would walk naked through fire with you, but right now, I wouldn't follow you to the mess hall." (Hugh Cambridge to Kathryn Janeway).”
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“If we could direct our hearts to love only those most likely to keep it safe, how much easier would our lives be?”
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“Making a different choice isn’t the same thing as giving up,” Janeway said. “Sometimes we’re not happy because we aren’t living up to our own expectations. But sometimes we’re not happy because we’re asking the wrong things of ourselves. Part of growing up is learning to tell the difference between the two.”
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“The ability to admit that you do not know is the surest indication of your enduring strength”
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“Maintainig a positive attitude is essential, especially in trying times”
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“It isn’t what we lose that defines us. It’s what we refuse to release.” Janeway”
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“The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.” —ROBERT E. LEE”
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“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.’ ”
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“People do incredibly stupid things when they are frightened”
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tags: fear
“Power is never taken fr, om us, it is , only given away”
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tags: power
“People put problems in front of me, I solve them”
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“Simplest explanation usually the right one”
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“You will learn no more once you have decided you know”
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“Absolute certainity might seem comforting, but is actually proof that you've given up”
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“Where love was given, power was granted”
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tags: love
“He might be a genius, but that did not make him a leader”
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“Tomorrow is promissed to no one. We can not waste today.”
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“Axum might have been her first love. He might have part of her heart forever. But she’s a different woman now, and that woman chose you. You’ve got the upper hand because you’re here. If you still want her, fight for her. If you’re not willing to do that, you don’t deserve her.” Using”
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“Suddenly, she saw herself once again, standing before a mirror, just as she had in the Q Continuum when her body had been collected from cosmic dust and made whole. Before her the outlines of a woman were visible, the contours of her body a rough approximation of Janeway’s own. But this woman gave off her own illumination, an almost blinding light. Janeway stared at her, not in the mirror, but as the mirror. All she had ever been, or would ever be, gazed silently at her, quietly demanding recognition. That”
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“Her shortsightedness had almost brought the entire multiverse to oblivion. That Admiral Janeway had chosen to die so her younger self and crew might live, but had that been a noble sacrifice? Or was it her only escape from pain she no longer knew how to endure? How”
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“The Prime Directive exists to remind us that we are not gods. We don’t get to reorganize every world, every civilization, every existence out here in our own image,”
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“Death is coming for this planet and every living thing on it.” “Death is coming for all of us, this planet included, whether we prolong its existence or not,” Chakotay said.”
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“I’ve made mistakes, been broken by evil, and wished fervently for my life to be taken from me. The past will never change. But my imperfect past brought me here, and it’s a remarkable place to be. All I’ve suffered, all you have suffered, Kathryn, has not made us weak. It has made us wise.”
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“The ability to admit that you do not know is the surest indication of your enduring strength, Kathryn,” he insisted. “Absolute certainty might seem comforting, but is actually proof that you’ve given up. You will learn no more once you have decided you know. Yes, it’s harder to live with the certainty that you don’t know, that you will surely fail again. But it is essential if you intend to take command of that fleet.” Janeway”
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“It’s never wrong to live in hope.” Julia”
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“Lieutenant Harry Kim was, without doubt, the most optimistic individual she had ever known. No matter how close the darkness came, his determination to overcome it and certainty that goodness would prevail was refreshing. Conlon”
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“We’re both serving with some of the brightest lights in Starfleet. It’s easy to get lost in the shadows of their brilliance.”
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“Humanity is a stubborn thing,’ she said. ‘It hopes, even when all hope is gone.”
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“The Klingons are not calling to the warriors within us to seek out death. They are calling us to live every moment of every day as our best selves, so that should death arrive unbidden, we may face it without regret.”
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“Power is never taken from us. It is only given away,” Austen said softly.”
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