"I will not die in this place. I will not leave my story unfinished."
Courage
"Every failure teaches me something new about survival."
Education
"I'm not the first person to be abandoned on a hostile world."
History
"The universe is vast, but my determination is vaster."
Strength
"I measure success one day at a time."
Success
"Patience is the greatest virtue when you're stranded."
Patience
"I refuse to let this planet take my life without a fight."
"Tomorrow is a new opportunity to survive."
Hope
"I choose life, every single day."
Life
"My story won't end in failure—it will end in victory."
"The greatest invention isn't a device; it's the will to live."
Motivation
"I will make it home, or I will die trying."
Courage
"I'm stuck on Mars. I have no way to contact Earth. I have no way to leave Mars. In the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option: I'm gonna have to science the sh*t out of this."
Motivation
"Everything goes to pot and I blame Aquaman."
Humor
"I'm pretty much f***ed. That's an official definition."
Courage
"The Ares III crew is fine. I'm the only one in mortal danger."
Strength
"I'll have to be creative to survive. Which, it turns out, is almost as good as actually having a solution."
Creativity
"If I die here, it'll be from my own stupidity. Which means I'll deserve it."
Humor
"In the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option: I'm gonna have to science the sh*t out of this."
Science
"I started thinking about my crewmates and how much I'd miss them. Now I don't."
Solitude
"At some point, everything's gonna go south on you and you're gonna say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work."
Perseverance
"Space: it's disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence."
Fear
"I'm not gonna die here. I'm gonna get off this rock."
Hope
"You just have to deal with it and move on."
Wisdom
"I'm gonna have to live here. Might as well make it nice."
Life
"Potatoes are a no-brainer. I've got Martian soil, which is more or less a blank slate."
Knowledge
"I have plenty of time and a lot of room to experiment."
Patience
"I'm confident I'll make it. Not sure if I'll like what I become in the process."
Truth
"The temperature is about -60 Celsius. Everything I need to survive is... well, nothing is nearby. But I've got time."
Adventure
"Every problem has a solution. You just have to be creative enough to find it."
Inspiration