These are our lives. No one gets to just turn you off.

Mark

My wife was extraordinary. My wife was allergic to nutmeg. And when she sneezed, she always sneezed twice. My wife liked other people’s dogs. My wife thought cardigans were ridiculous. I loved all these things about her equally.

Mark

Let’s burn this place to the ground.

Irving

I am certain you will remain with me in spirit, in some deep and yet completely unaccessible corner of my mind.

Burt (Outie)

You brought him into this world without his permission, based on your own desire for emotional convenience.

Rugabe

Tame in me the tempers four, that I may serve thee evermore.
Place in me the values nine, that I may feel thy touch divine.

Ms. Cobel

Dylan: Maybe love transcends severance.
Helly: You think so?
Dylan: No.

Mark: The Eagan philosophy is "Illumination above all."
Irving: "Illumination beyond all," but yes.
Mark: Then why doesn't that include us? Why are we down here still working in the dark?
Dylan: That was poetic as shit, man.

Irving: Everything we do here is important.
Helly: It’s important because it actually is or because you’re saying it is?

Ms. Cobel: I was doing some private research.
Mr. Graner: What’s that a euphemism for?

The surest way to tame a prisoner is to let him believe he’s free.

Ms. Cobel (quoting Kier Eagan)

If you are a soldier, do not fight for my freedom. Fight for the freedom of the soldier fighting next to you. This will make the war more inspiring for you both.

Ricken ("The You You Are")

Severance Quotes

Hi, kids. What's for dinner?

Irving

So that's unknown, unknown, Delaware, unknown, unknown.

Mark