[preparing for heist] Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Hey, little one. Understand your part in all this? River Tam: Do you? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: It's what I do, darlin'. [River walks away] Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: It's what I do.
[first lines] Teacher: Earth that was could no longer sustain our numbers, we were so many. We found a new solar system, dozens of planets and hundreds of moons. Each one terraformed, a process taking decades, to support human life, to be new Earths....
Dr. Simon Tam: We'll get off the ship. River and I will get off at Haven. It'll be for the best. Kaylee Frye: Nobody's sayin' that. Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: Nobody but Jayne is sayin' that.
Shepherd Book: When I talk about belief, why do you always assume I'm talking about God?
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Just get us on the ground! Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: That part'll happen pretty definitely.
Zoë: So... trap? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Trap. Zoë: We goin' in? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Ain't but a few hours out. Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: Yeah, but... remember the part where it's a trap?
The Operative: Are you willing to die for your beliefs? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I am... [they draw. Mal fires first, and the Operative is forced to take cover] Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: 'Course, that ain't exactly plan A.
Inara Serra: I'm fine! I'm... giddy. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Ya know, for a woman schooled in telling men what they want to hear, you ain't much of a liar.
Jayne Cobb: Shepherd Book once said to me, "If you can't do something smart, do something right."
Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: It's okay, I'm a leaf on the wind! Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: What does that mean?
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Bit of a rockety ride. Nothing to worry about. Dr. Simon Tam: I'm not worried. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: [mocking Simon's seriousness] Fear's nothing to be ashamed of, Doctor. Dr. Simon Tam: This isn't fear. This is anger. Capt....
Kaylee Frye: [to Simon who wasn't on the mission that the captain and others just got back from] Are you ok? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Is *he* OK?
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Ready to get off this heap, back to civilized life? Inara Serra: I, uh... I don't know. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Good answer.
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: The leg is good. It'll bleed plenty and we avoid any unnecessary organs. Vault Guard: I was thinking more of a graze. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: No. You don't want it to look like you just gave up. Vault Guard: No. I get that!
Jayne Cobb: [as Mal's talking to the Vault Guard] MAL! Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Every heist he's gotta start yellin' my name!
Kaylee Frye: If you had a care for anybody's heart... Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You knew he was gonna leave. We never been nothing but a way station to those two. And how the hell do you know what he feels? He's got River to worry on, but he still coul...
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I've never credited the Alliance with an overabundance of brains and if you're the best they've got...
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: This is how it is. Anybody doesn't wanna fly with me any more, this is your port of harbor. There's a lot of fine ways to die. I ain't waiting for the Alliance to choose mine. [shoots Alliance soldier crawling from wreckage] C...
