The Expanse Quotes from the Sci-Fi Series

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The Expanse is a sci-fi TV series based on the book series of James S. A. Corey. The series is set hundreds of years into the future where humanity reached its peak scientific advancement and conquered the solar system.

It follows the story of a group of protagonists who suddenly find themselves in the middle of a grand conspiracy that threatens the stability of the system’s cold war.

The show did a masterful job of scientifically featuring space and the foreseeable future of humanity while staying true to its mission to give viewers a realistic and entertaining sci-fi drama to watch.

This collection of The Expanse quotes will make you dream about the vastness of the unknown.

Don’t forget to also check out our list of The 100 quotes from the post-apocalyptic series.

The Expanse quotes from Joe Miller

1. “Trust your gut before your head gets in the way.” — Joe Miller

2. “No laws in Ceres. Just cops.” — Joe Miller

3. “I didn’t kill him because he was crazy. I killed him because he was making sense.” — Joe Miller

4. “Go into a room too fast, kid… The room eats you.” — Joe Miller

5. “Watch your eyes. People get killed over a wrong look around here.” — Joe Miller

6. “This planet’s already a corpse. Let’s go kill its ghost.” — Joe Miller

7. “No risk, no reward.” — Joe Miller

8. “Pick all the pockets you want, roll drunks, but when you mess with the water, that’s when you’re going down.” — Joe Miller

9. “Optimism is for a**holes and Earthers.” — Joe Miller

10. “One foot in front of the other until we make it or we die trying.” — Joe Miller

The Expanse quotes from Amos Burton

11. “A kid needs at least one person who never gives up on them, no matter what.” — Amos Burton

12. “The way I see it, there’s only three kinds of people in this world. Bad ones, ones you follow, and ones you need to protect.” — Amos Burton

13. “It’s better to go down swinging than rolling over.” — Amos Burton

14. “You can tell a lot about a place by how they treat their people.” — Amos Burton

15. “There are ways that you can live a good life, without being a good person.” — Amos Burton

16. “The thing about civilization is, it keeps you civil. Get rid of one, you can’t count on the other.” — Amos Burton

17. “People are tribal. The more settled things are, the bigger the tribes can be. The churn comes, and the tribes get small again.” — Amos Burton

18. “Peace in our time? All it took was everybody about to die.” — Amos Burton

19. “Float to the top or sink to the bottom. Everything in the middle is the churn.” — Amos Burton

20. “Everyone leaves unfinished business. That’s what dying is.” — Amos Burton

The Expanse quotes from Jim Holden

21. “I need you to remind me of who I am so I can come back.” — Jim Holden

22. “Mummies never die, so they tell me.” — Jim Holden

23. “As long as we’re still breathing, we’re alive.” — Jim Holden

24. “A child who won’t grow up turns into a fool.” — Jim Holden

25. “Wrecking things is what Earthers do best.” — Jim Holden

26. “Mars will accuse Earth of using a bio weapon. Earth will claim it was Mars. The Belt will blame the other two. It’s a good way to start a war and to cover it up.” — Jim Holden

27. “It’s way cheaper for the company to settle up with a few widows than to overhaul this old barge.” — Jim Holden

The Expanse quotes from Naomi Nagata

28. “Every s****y thing we do makes the next one that much easier, doesn’t it?” — Naomi Nagata

29. “I fix ships, not people.” — Naomi Nagata

30. “I don’t ever remember a time when Earth, Mars and the Belt weren’t fighting. The sides change sometimes. What we think we’re fighting for. Who we tell ourselves are the good people. But it just seems we can’t ever stop fighting war after war after war.” — Naomi Nagata

31. “Don’t decide for them. Tell them the truth and let them decide for themselves.” — Naomi Nagata

32. “Walking away is the only choice anyone ever has.” — Naomi Nagata

33. “People don’t work long-range freight because they love it at home.” — Naomi Nagata

34. “If you want to die, I can’t stop you. But there is a path from where you are to where I am. All we did was buy you a little time. You decide what you want to do with it.” — Naomi Nagata

35. “If we can’t behave, we tread lightly.” — Naomi Nagata

The Expanse quotes from Chrisjen Avasarala

36. “Never listen to what people say. Just watch what they do.” — Chrisjen Avasarala

37. “Sometimes I f***ing hate being right.” — Chrisjen Avasarala

38. “When people don’t tell the truth, it always ends badly.” — Chrisjen Avasarala

39. “When parents fight, the child has a crisis of loyalty.” — Chrisjen Avasarala

40. “The war does not end when people put down their guns. It ends when they reconcile. Until then, the war has only paused.” — Chrisjen Avasarala

41. “When Columbus arrived, at least he knew what was waving at him was human.” — Chrisjen Avasarala

The Expanse quotes from Klaes Ashford

42. “Individuals can be divided and conquered, but symbols… Symbols endure.” — Klaes Ashford

43. “You let nostalgia trick you, and you’ll regret it badly.” — Klaes Ashford

44. “Show your strength, but then show them a smile, and most will give you what you want.” — Klaes Ashford

45. “Guilt is like salt. You put a little on, and it hides all the bitterness.” — Klaes Ashford

46. “Violence is indiscriminate. If you use it as a tool, it will do more than just kill your enemies. Sometimes it will kill the ones you love most.” — Klaes Ashford

47. “He is not only himself. He is everyone who cares for him.” — Klaes Ashford

48. “Age changes you in ways you don’t expect.” — Klaes Ashford

The Expanse quotes from Fred Johnson

49. “The history of organized religion isn’t exactly strife-free.” — Fred Johnson

50. “You either some kind of genius, Mr. Holden, or you the luckiest dip**** in the solar system.” — Fred Johnson

51. “None of us can change the things we’ve done. But we can all change what we do next.”

52. “In this world that we live in, in order to survive, you have to pick a side.” — Fred Johnson

53. “It’s okay to be a pawn, so long as you’re on the right side.” — Fred Johnson

The Expanse quotes from Sadavir Errinwright

54. “You give a monkey a stick, inevitably he’ll beat another monkey to death with it.” — Sadavir Errinwright

55. “When losers seek peace, they look even weaker.” — Sadavir Errinwright

56. “Sometimes you need to exert pressure where it’s most effective, especially in times of war.” — Sadavir Errinwright

57. “Sometimes it takes a few monsters to get back on track.” — Sadavir Errinwright

58. “Cold war is a bloodless war. Mutual distrust and complete co-dependence.” — Sadavir Errinwright

The Expanse quotes from Marco Inaros

59. “Some are fighters, and some are not. And you can’t know which until the fight happens.” — Marco Inaros

60. “We all lie to ourselves first.” — Marco Inaros

61. “This has always been a problem for our kind. Even our dreams are small.” — Marco Inaros

62. “Raising a child gives you a certain ambition you otherwise never would’ve had, a primal desire to give your child a better world than the one you were given.” — Marco Inaros

63. “You must always have a knife in the darkness.” — Marco Inaros

The Expanse quotes from Anderson Dawes

64. “If we act like animals we only justify their belief that we are.” — Anderson Dawes

65. “Good and bad, don’t get distracted by that. It will just confuse you. Good men do bad things, like Fred Johnson. And bad men do things believing it’s for the good of all mankind.” — Anderson Dawes

66. “Usually, when a man is about to lose everything, he realizes what mattered to him most. He sees it clearly for the first time.” — Anderson Dawes

The Expanse dramatically differs from other sci-fi movies in the past due to its faithfulness in delivering scientifically accurate scenes.

Because of this, this series became a marvel for its niche fans and raised the standards for sci-fi tv series. In addition, everything is well-researched and polished, which makes it engaging and genuine for us viewers.

In a time where only a few series actually get to finish their stories, The Expanse is genuinely an exception. Fans of this franchise fought for its renewal and stayed loyal till the end. This series provided fascinating possibilities about the future of humanity and explored the complexity of human nature.

Hopefully, you enjoyed reading these The Expanse quotes and sayings, and why don’t you take a moment to look at the night sky and be in awe of the mysteries of the space we have yet to unravel.