"Whatever gets you through the night."
"I've got to think of Mars as home now."
"The odds aren't with me."
"I'm alone on Mars."Solitude
"I will be rescued."Hope
"Science is just a matter of knowing."Education
"Let's make some water."Science
"I need to keep moving."Motivation
"This is doable."
"I am very much alive."
"I'm the only person on Mars."Solitude
"Everything depends on me."
"I'm not giving up."
"I'm not gonna die here. Not today."
"I'm in a lot of trouble. I'm also not going to die on Mars."Perseverance
"At some point, everything's gonna go south on you and you're gonna say, this is it. This is how I end."Courage
"I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this."
"The laws of physics are the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece."Science
"What's the worst that can happen? I'm already stranded on Mars."Humor
"I'm gonna have to be creative."Creativity
"You're my engineer. I'm your explorer."
"I can live on potatoes alone, for a long time."
"If this works, I'll be the first person to successfully use a potato-based diet to save their life."Humor
"I'm gonna reinvent the wheel here on Mars."
"Every problem so far has had a solution I could understand and work through."Wisdom
"I'm reduced to calling my datebook 'Disco Fever' and staring at the cover."Humor
"The sun is about 150 million kilometers away. That's 93 million miles. That's how far away it is."Science
"I have access to the entire Wikipedia."Knowledge
"Failure is not an option. But it is a possibility."Motivation
"I will eventually run out of clever ideas."