Mal: And I never back down from a fight.
Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!

Simon: It's been a big day, what with the abduction and all.

Mal: My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.

Jayne: All I got was that dumb stick that sounds like it is raining. How come you got a wife?

River: They took Christmas away. Came downstairs for the shiny presents, They took the tree, the stockings... nothing left but coal.
Jayne: (to Simon) would you shut her up?
River: (smiling at Jayne) Don't look in the closet, either! It's greedy, it's not in the spirit of the holiday.

River: We're lost... lost in the woods.

Wash: Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity.

Jayne: Instead of us hanging around playing art critic till I get pinched by the Man, how's about we move away from this eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our increasingly eerie-ass day?

Jayne: Spry for a dead fella!

Zoë: Captain will come up with a plan.
Kaylee: That's good. Right?
Zoë: Possibly you're not recalling some of his previous plans..

Jayne: Don't much see the benefit in getting involved in strangers' troubles without an upfront price negotiated.
Book: These people need assistance. The benefit wouldn't necessarily be for you.
Jayne: S'what I'm sayin'

Inara: So, do aliens live among us?
Kaylee: Yeah. One of them's a doctor.

Mal: [to Inara] This distress wouldn't happen to be happening in someone's pants, would it?