Mark Watney

"I'm pretty much f***ed."

"I'm going to have to science the sh*t out of this."

"At some point, everything's gonna go south on you and you're going to say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work."

"I'm in a lot of trouble here. I'm not gonna sugar-coat it."

"I'll be honest: I'm terrified. But I'm going to work my way through this one problem at a time."

"You just have to work the problem."

"I'm alive. I'm alive and I'm on Mars and I'm going to stay alive."

"Every human on Earth is in my corner now. And I'm not about to let them down."

"Potatoes. The only crop that can sustain human life on Mars."

"I'm the greatest botanist on Mars."

"I do love waking up to the sight of my own equipment."

"In the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option, I'm gonna have to science the s*** out of this."

"Everything I have to do, I can do myself."

"I'm stranded on Mars. I have almost no supplies. But I'm pretty much a badass."

"I think it's going to be hard for you to understand."

"That's the thing about exploring—you have to leave what you know behind."

"If I die here on Mars, at least I'll die trying."

"I am the greatest botanist on this planet."

"The only way I survive is if I stay smart."

"I'm going to have to rely on nothing but ingenuity and hard work."

"Every problem has a solution, I just have to find it."

"My life as a botanist just became very complicated."

"You can't let fear paralyze you. You have to keep moving."

"I'm going to die on this planet. But not today."

"The potatoes will keep me alive long enough to figure this out."

"I'm the only scientist on Mars, so I get to decide what gets studied."

"Every sol is a victory just by surviving it."

"I had to stop caring about what was possible and focus on what I needed to do."

"My biggest enemy is myself and my own mind."

"You have to embrace the suck and move on."