The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard

1) "Soon after, Corey, Marta, and I left Morikin and returned to the academy. I quickly found that I had a new problem. The classroom had very little appeal to me. I'd survived an adventure, and found myself more easily distracted from my studies. I also discovered a new confidence with women, one that is often excused in men as 'youthful indiscretion,' but was really an insensitive indulgence. I was self-centered, unconcerned with the feelings of the women I pursued. I would pursue them with abandon and cast them aside without a second thought. It was shamefully superficial, and I often find myself mortified by my memories.
'Vous êtes une femme très attirante.'"

2) "'On screen,' I said. A member of a species I'd met only once before appeared on the viewscreen. He gave me a smile that I can only describe as malevolent.
'Unidentified ship,' he said. 'I am Gul Dukat, commander of the station Terok Nor, and Cardassian prefect of Bajor. Please state the nature of your business.'
'Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Federation starship Stargazer. We were pursuing raiders who attacked one of our colonies. They were heading to this system.'
'Really? How terrible,' Dukat said, with oily sincerity. 'And what happened to the raiders?'
'Their ship was destroyed,' I said. I decided to be as vague as possible regarding my role in the ship's destruction. Dukat, however, could see through my deception.
'Well, whoever they were,' he said, 'I'm sure they won't be missed.'
'So you can't provide us with any information about them?'
'I'm afraid not. As governor of this system, I have much more important things to concern myself with.'
'Forgive my ignorance,' I said. 'We've never visited this system before. You said it was called... Bajor?'
'Yes,' Dukat said. 'It is a protectorate of the Cardassian empire. We defend the peaceful Bajorans from a hostile universe, and in exchange we only ask for a modest payment from their abundant planetary resources. It is an equitable exchange.'"

3) "'You're the android,' I said. The words came out of my mouth involuntarily.
'Yes,' Data said. It was a matter of some note that an android, created by noted cyberneticist Dr. Noonian Soong, had graduated from Starfleet Academy, but I was in no way prepared to meet it and quickly realized I'd been rude.
'Forgive me for calling you 'the android.''
'There is no offense,' Data said. 'As I am the only android in Starfleet, referring to me as 'the android' is an accurate description.'
'Lieutenant,' Leyton said, 'please brief Captain Picard on the situation related to his mission.'
'Yes, Admiral,' Data said, walking to the large computer interface on the wall. He brought up an image of a planet. 'This is an image of the planet Denobula taken with long-range sensors.'
'As you know,' Leyton said, 'Denobula withdrew from Galactic affairs after the Romulan War when the enemy fleet killed three million of their people...'
'Three million, seven hundred sixty-three thousand, two hundred seventy-one,' Data said.
'Just show him what you found,' Leyton said.
I could see that the android lieutenant had not picked up on Leyton's annoyance at the pointless correction. Data adjusted the image, which magnified to reveal another globe in orbit of the planet.
'Is that a small moon?' I said.
'Negative,' Data said. 'It is an artificial construct, perhaps a space station.'"

4) "'Why do you walk away? That isn't your style,' he said. He had followed me; he seemed to be looking for a fight. I realized later the truth of it: he was looking for a fight, but to help me. I was in a drunken fugue, barely maintaining my control.
I really don't remember exactly what happened. He taunted me, called me the great hero who'd fallen to Earth. I heard his jealousy and resentment towards his responsibility to look after me. But I scoffed at it; to me he'd always been a bully, and now, my years of anger combined with alcohol took over.
I hit him.
We fell through the vines and wrestled in the muddy irrigation ditches. The fight did not last long, not because either of us prevailed, but because we both quickly realized the ridiculousness of two grown men rolling around in the mud. We started laughing at our own immaturity. I couldn't ever remember laughing with Robert. The laughing died down.
'You've been terribly hard on yourself, you know,' he said. In that moment, I saw Robert understood me, like no one had. The sorrow and guilt poured out of me. The Borg had shown what a fraud I was.
'So, my brother is a human being after all,' he said. 'This is going to be with you a long time, Jean-Luc. A long time.' In that moment, I realized how much I missed Robert. I missed Robert."