The Martian

"I'm taking a very long road trip. It's just on a different planet."

"The beauty of science is that it works whether or not you believe in it."

"I choose to stay alive for one more day, and then another."

"Everything I do today is either incredibly stupid or absolutely genius."

"I have to keep doing what I'm doing to stay alive."

"I'm still breathing, which is the first step to not being dead."

"My plans are rapidly becoming more insane."

"It's not a disaster if I can solve it."

"I can live on Martian dust if I can figure out how."

"Every problem has a solution if you're creative enough."

"What's the worst that could happen? I'm already on Mars."

"And so ends another day on Mars. I'm still alive. I'm still sane."

"I'm a god now, and Mars is my world."

"The laws of physics are the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece."

"I'm still alive. That's something."

"With careful rationing, it'll last just over a year. And then I'll starve to death."

"When you're alone on Mars, any meal that's not a Thanksgiving dinner is just food."

"It's not a complete miracle. It's just a partial miracle."

"Today marks the first day of the second half of my life on Mars."

"I'm not gonna die here. I'm not gonna be buried in the Martian dirt."

"Nobody needs to know about this. It's not important."

"I have to admit, it's an incredible Catch-22. I'd be alive if they hadn't fired me, and dead if they hadn't."

"The potatoes will be ready in about 400 sols. And if the water reclamation works, I'll have plenty of water by then."

"I admit it's fatally dangerous, but I don't care. I want to go home."

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

"I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this."

"I'm in a pretty bad situation. I don't even know who'll read this. But I don't have any choice but to be optimistic."

"Every day I stay alive is a day closer to home."

"I'm going to make it. That's not optimism. That's determination."

"There's always a way if you're smart enough to find it."