…[W]hen it comes to Lwaxana I am firmly in the love camp, partly because she is played with something I can only describe as a “shrewd dippiness” by Gene Roddenberry’s wife Majel Barrett (who is also the voice of all the Federation computers), and partly because all of the other characters react like they’re in some sort of race to see who can get the farthest away from her without being rude, and it’s delightful.
What was it like? I guess you could say I was the life of the party.”
“I don’t think I understand.”
“My way of trying to fit in. I found I could be entertaining. Odo, be a chair—I’m a chair. Odo, be a razorcat—I’m a razorcat. Life of the party … I hate parties.”
“Perhaps you’ve been going to the wrong ones. Come to one of mine, Odo. I’ll make sure that all the guests are there to entertain you.
Constable Odo and Ambassador Lwaxana Troi, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, “The Forsaken”
Before I met her, my world was a much smaller place. I kept to myself. I didn’t need anyone else and I took pride in that. The truth is, I was ashamed of what I was, afraid that if people saw how truly different I was they would recoil from me. Lwaxana saw how different I was and she didn’t recoil. She wanted to see more. For the first time in my life, someone wanted me as I was. And that changed me forever. The day I met her, is the day I stopped being alone. And I want her to be part of my life from this day on.
Soon after the Gateways Crisis, Garak traveled to Earth in hopes of returning to Cardassia with more Federation relief efforts. Garak debated with Lwaxana Troi on the floor of the Federation Council over the matter with both Cardassia and Betazed having been devastated by the Dominion war. (TNG - The Brave and the Bold, Book Two novella: The Final Artifact)
By 2380, the debate with Ambassador Troi was considered to be one of the most legendary debates the Council had seen in recent times. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)
as per http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Elim_Garak
Elim Garak vs. Lwaxana Troi. I would pay good money to see those two duke it out.
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