opening song: Take my love, take my land / Take me where I cannot stand / I don't care, I'm still free / You can't take the sky from me / Take me out to the black / Tell 'em I ain't comin' back / Burn the land and boil the sea / You can't take the sky from me / There's no place I can be / Since I found serenity / But you can't take the sky from me
Shepherd Book: [Regarding Mal's new "wife"] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters. And people who talk at the theatre.
Mal: I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you
Agent McGuinness: I'm only doing my job.
Mal: It's why you took the job.
River Tam: Two by two. Hands of blue.
Mal: [Simon doesn't get why he was saved] You're part of the crew. Why are we still talking about this?
Dr. Simon Tam: I always thought Serenity was a vaguely funereal name.
Mal: Some of us think the wrong side won that war, sir.
