“- Ursa: Look. They need machines to fly.
- General Zod: What bravery. Be nice to them, my dear. Blow them a kiss.”

Sarah Douglas - Ursa
Terence Stamp - General Zod

“- Mal: You know what the first rule of flying is? Well, I suppose you do, since you already know what I'm about to say.
- River Tam: I do. But I like to hear you say it.
- Mal: Love.”
Nathan Fillion - Mal
Summer Glau - River

“You take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.”
Nathan Fillion - Mal

“- Max: [after Max drinks the vial] Now you have no choice! You'll have to take me!
- Winifred Sanderson: What a fool to give us thy life... for thy sister's.”
Omri Katz - Max
Bette Midler - Winifred

“You have always been with me. Your courage, your smile, your damned stubbornness. There has never been any distance between us, and there never will be.”

Angelina Jolie - Sarah Jordan