Quotes about Firefly

If you can't do something smart, do something right.

"When you can't run anymore, you crawl...and when you can't do that, you find someone to carry you."

Mal: "And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

I'm a leaf on the wind...watch how I soar.

Jayne: "Shepherd Book used to tell me, 'Can't do somethin' smart, do somethin' right'."

Mal: "So no more runnin'. I aim to misbehave."

Zoe: "Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: "Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps."

Book: "What are we up to, sweetheart?" River: "Fixing your Bible." Book: "I, um...(alarmed)...what?" River: "Bible's broken. Contradictions, false logistics - doesn't make sense." (she's marked up the bible, crossed out passages) Book: "No, no. You - you can't... River: "So we'll integrate non-progressional evolution theory with God's creation of Eden. Eleven inherent metaphoric parallels already there. Eleven. Important number. Prime number. One goes into the house of eleven eleven times, but always comes out one. Noah's ark is a problem." Book: "Really?" River: "We'll have to call it early quantum state phenomenon. Only way to fit 5000 species of mammal on the same boat." (rips out page)

You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle.

Book: "I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God." Mal: "No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged."

Alliance Commander: Seems odd you'd name your ship after a battle you were on the wrond side of. Mal: May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.