The Bonding Quotes

The Bonding is a TV show that was first aired in 1970 . The Bonding ended its run in 1970.

It features Dennis McCarthy (composer) in charge of musical score.

The Bonding Quotes

• (Unnamed) "Your philosophy is curious, Captain. What is so noble about sorrow? I can provide him an existence where he will feel no pain, no anguish."
• (Unnamed) "It is at the heart of our nature to feel pain; and joy. It is an essential part of what makes us what we are."

• (Unnamed) "Join me in the R'uustai; the bonding. You will become part of my family now and for all time. We will be brothers."

• (Unnamed) "She offers him everything. All we can offer is the cold reality of his mother's death."
• (Unnamed) "What would you choose? If somebody came along and offered to give you back your mother, father or husband; would any of us say no so easily?"

• (Unnamed) "Do you know Jeremy well?"
• (Unnamed) "But I know what this is gonna be like for him."
• (Unnamed) "That's part of life in Starfleet, Wesley."
• (Unnamed) "I know. They're very careful to prepare us for anything. But still --"
• (Unnamed) "I know."
• (Unnamed) "How do you get used to it? The telling them?"
• (Unnamed) "You hope you never do."

• (Unnamed) "My parents had told me about the dangers of Starfleet missions. I knew it could happen."
• (Unnamed) "So you were prepared?"
• (Unnamed) "No, I wasn't prepared at all. How can anyone be prepared to hear that a parent is never coming home again?"

• (Unnamed) "Do you ever think about him, Mum?"
• (Unnamed) "Your father? Sure I do."
• (Unnamed) "Sometimes -- I can't even remember what his face looks like. It scares me."
• (Unnamed) "It happens to all of us, Wes. Sometimes -- I can't get his face out of my mind."

• (Unnamed) "Do you remember how we all felt when Tasha died?"
• (Unnamed) "I do not sense the same feelings of absence that I associate with Lieutenant Yar. Although I cannot say precisely why."
• (Unnamed) "Just human nature, Data."
• (Unnamed) "Human nature, sir?"
• (Unnamed) "We feel a loss more intensely when it's a friend."
• (Unnamed) "Hm -- But should not the feelings run just as deep, regardless of who has died?"
• (Unnamed) "Maybe they should, Data. Maybe if we felt any loss as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us; human history would be a lot less bloody."

• (Unnamed) "SoS jIH batlh SoH."
• (Unnamed) "What does that mean?"
• (Unnamed) "It honors the memory of our mothers. We have bonded. And our families are stronger."
• (Unnamed) "SoS jIH batlh SoH."

• (Unnamed) "We deal with our pain in many different ways. But over the years I've discovered it's in joy that the uniqueness of each individual is revealed. If I can help a person back to a state of joy; well; my role has its rewards."

• (Unnamed) "I cannot seek revenge against an enemy who's turned to dust centuries ago. Her death is senseless. The last victim of a forgotten war."

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