If someone offered me a free trip to the International Space Station, I would decline. I like Earth. I like the internet. Furthermore, I like Diet Coke. Furthermore, I have cats. Furthermore, I write about brave people - I'm not one of them.

— Andy Weir

I'm calling it the Wanna Triangle because after what I've been through, shit on Mars should be named after me.

— Andy Weir

I'm so close to Schiaparelli I can taste it. I guess it would taste like sand, mostly, but that's not the point.

— Andy Weir

In other news, It’s seven sols till the harvest, and I still haven’t prepared. For starters, I need to make a hoe. Also, I need to make an outdoor shed for the potatoes. I can’t just pile them up outside. The next major storm would cause The Great Martian Potato Migration.

— Andy Weir

I stumbled up the hill back toward the Had. As I crested the rise, I saw something that made me very happy and something that made me very sad: The Had was intact (yay!) and the MAV was gone (boo!).

— Andy Weir

It is of course dangerous to set off an explosive device on a spacecraft.

— Andy Weir

Just three words? Nothing about his physical health? His equipment? His supplies?'' You got me,' she said. 'He left a detailed status report. I just decided to lie for no reason.'' Funny,' Venkat said. 'Be a smart-ass to a guy seven levels above you at your company. See how that works out.'' Oh no,' Mindy said. 'I might lose my job as an interplanetary voyeur? I guess I'd have to use my master's degree for something else.'' I remember when you were shy.'' I'm space paparazzi now. The attitude comes with the job.

— Andy Weir

Log Entry: SOL 118My conversation with NASA about the Water Reclaimer was boring and riddled with technical details. So I'll paraphrase for you:Me: "This is obviously a clog. How about I take it apart and check the internal tubing?"NASA: (After about 5 hours of deliberation) "No. You'll fuck it up and die." So I took it apart.

— Andy Weir

Mars and my own stupidity keep trying to kill me.

— Andy Weir

Mars is not Earth. It doesn't have a thick atmosphere to bend light and carry particles that reflect light around corners. It's damn near a vacuum here. Once the sun isn't visible, I'm in the dark. Phobos gives me some moonlight, but not enough to work with. Deimos is a little piece of crap that's no good to anyone.

— Andy Weir