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So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this?

Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this?
Inara: Just the one. I think I’m slipping.

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You didn’t toast? Y’know, I’m thinkin’ you one of them independents.

Lund: You didn’t toast? Y’know, I’m thinkin’ you one of them independents.
Mal: And I’m thinkin’ you weren’t burdened with an overabundance of schooling. So why don’t we just ignore each other, til we go away?

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Reavers ain’t men – or they forgot how to be.

Mal: Reavers ain’t men – or they forgot how to be.

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About time you broke in them fancy shoes. Hyah! Get along!

Jayne: About time you broke in them fancy shoes. Hyah! Get along!
Mal: You know, they walk just as easy if you lead ’em.
Jayne: I like smackin’ ’em.

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So, finally a decent wound on this ship, and I miss out. I’m sorry.

Simon: So, finally a decent wound on this ship, and I miss out. I’m sorry.
Mal: Well, you were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

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You gonna kill me?

Saffron: You gonna kill me?
Mal: Can you conjure up a terribly compelling reason for me not to?
Saffron: I didn’t kill you.
Mal: You handed me and my crew over to those that would kill us. That buys you nothing.
Saffron: I made you dinner.

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And try to see past what she is, and on to what she can be.

Mal: And try to see past what she is, and on to what she can be.
Zoe: What’s that, sir?
Mal: Freedom, is what.
Zoe: I meant, what’s that?
Mal: Oh. Yeah, just step around that. I think something must’ve been living in here.

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Just once, I’d like things to go according to the gorram plan!

Mal: Just once, I’d like things to go according to the gorram plan!

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So. Would you like to lecture me the wickedness of my ways?

Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me the wickedness of my ways?
Book: I brought you some supper, but if you’d prefer a lecture, I’ve a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire… one has lepers.

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This is why we lost, you know. Superior numbers.

Mal: This is why we lost, you know. Superior numbers.
Zoe: Thanks for the re-enactment, sir.

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You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war?

Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war?
Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war.
Harken: And your husband?
Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.

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They weren’t cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see sky, and they remember what they are.

River: They weren’t cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see sky, and they remember what they are.
Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?

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You gonna give us what’s due us. And every damn thing else on that boat. And I think maybe you gonna give me a little one-on-one time with the missus.

Bandit: You gonna give us what’s due us. And every damn thing else on that boat. And I think maybe you gonna give me a little one-on-one time with the missus.
Jayne: Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature.
Mal: How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people?
Jayne: If I could make you prettier I would!
Mal: You are not the man I met a year ago!

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There ain’t-a one of us looks the part more than the good doctor.

Mal: There ain’t-a one of us looks the part more than the good doctor. I mean, the pretty fits, soft hands, definitely a moneyed individual. All rich and lily-white, pasty all over—
Simon: All right! Fine, I’ll go. Just… stop describing me.

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Get her running again?

Zoe: Get her running again?
Mal: Yeah.
Zoe: So not running now?
Mal: Not so much.
Zoe: Ah.
Mal: But she will.

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The next time you decide to stab me in the back, have the guts to do it to my face.

Mal: The next time you decide to stab me in the back, have the guts to do it to my face.

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What did I say to you about barging into my shuttle?

Inara: What did I say to you about barging into my shuttle?
Mal: That it was manly and impulsive?
Inara: Yes, precisely. Only the exact phrase I used was ‘don’t’.

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Can you move your feet? Kaylee. Stay with me. Can you move your feet?

Simon: Can you move your feet? Kaylee. Stay with me. Can you move your feet?
Kaylee: Are you asking me to dance?

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I’m thinking somebody needs to put you down, dog. What do you think ?

Lund: I’m thinking somebody needs to put you down, dog. What do you think ?
Mal: I’m thinking we’ll rise again.

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Seems odd you’d name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of.

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

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I’m very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.

Simon: I’m very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.

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You brute.

Wash: You brute.
Kaylee: Oh, sweetie, don’t feel bad. He makes everybody cry. He’s like a monster.
Mal: I’m not a monster!

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What happened to Simon? Who is this diabolical master of disguise?

Wash: What happened to Simon? Who is this diabolical master of disguise?

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Monastic humor. I miss out on all the fun.

Wash: Monastic humor. I miss out on all the fun.

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He said, “Live with a man forty years. Share his house, his meals, speak on every subject, then tie him up, and hold him over the volcano’s edge, and on that day, you will finally meet the man.”

Book: He said, “Live with a man forty years. Share his house, his meals, speak on every subject, then tie him up, and hold him over the volcano’s edge, and on that day, you will finally meet the man.”
Simon: What if you don’t live by a volcano?
Book: I suspect he was being poetical.