The Magnificent Nine Quotes

“Way I see it, there’s two kinds of family. There’s the one you’re born into and there’s the one you gather around you as time goes by. The first kind you’ve got no say about, and sometimes it ain’t quite right for you. You try to be a part of it but you just can’t. The second kind, though, you choose.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“You saved whomever you could, whenever you could, regardless of their character or their relationship to you. You used heroic measures even for the least heroic individuals.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“The words of his Zen Buddhist flight instructor echoed in his head: You are a leaf on the wind.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“But sometimes there’s a moral rightness in stupidity. Ever hear of a holy fool?”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“This rebellion was as much the Scourers’ fault as anyone’s. They had sowed oppression and were reaping the whirlwind.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“I fought at Serenity Valley. It ain’t about optimism. It’s about doin’ what’s right even when everything’s stacked against you.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“They thought of themselves as pure and righteous. They had a kind of holy fervor about them, despite which—or perhaps because of which—they were capable of unholy atrocities.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“The prospect filled him with regret, but a man had to tend to his own garden first before he could tend to the gardens of others.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“Mal Reynolds had a real knack of making bad situations worse.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“Preacher,” said Temperance, “I don’t hold much with religion.” “Few do, and of those who profess faith, some take it far too seriously and others consider it a license to misbehave.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“Just tell me this: when did a shipload of criminals, desperadoes, and fugitives become such a bunch of do-gooders?” Inara had the answer. “When their captain showed them how.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“Without really trying to or meaning to, Mal had become the head of a family, and it was a family that took the fun out of dysfunctional.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine

“What seems to be the problem?” Book continued. His warm baritone voice was so mellow and reasonable, you could easily imagine yourself sitting up and paying attention as he delivered a sermon in church, and not just that but enjoying it.”
― James Lovegrove, The Magnificent Nine