Severance gave us some of television's most quotable moments. Below are the best quotes from Severance, grouped by the characters who said them. Click any character to see their full collection of quotes and trivia.
Mark Scout
"My outie chose this. I have to believe it was for a good reason."
— Mark Scout, Season 1, Episode 2 - Half Loop
"We are not the same person."
— Mark Scout, Season 1, Episode 8 - What's for Dinner?
"The work is mysterious and important."
— Mark Scout, Season 1, Episode 1 - Good News About Hell
"I just want to know who I am on the outside."
— Mark Scout, Season 1, Episode 6 - Hide and Seek
Helly Riggs / Helena Eagan
"I don't consent to this. I reject it in full."
— Helly Riggs / Helena Eagan, Season 1, Episode 1 - Good News About Hell
"You don't have a self. You're just the after-image of a real person."
— Helly Riggs / Helena Eagan, Season 1, Episode 7 - Defiant Jazz
"If I can't quit, I'll make myself impossible to keep."
— Helly Riggs / Helena Eagan, Season 1, Episode 2 - Half Loop
"I'm not Helena. I've never been Helena."
— Helly Riggs / Helena Eagan, Season 1, Episode 9 - The We We Are
Irving Bailiff
"Kier's virtues are not suggestions. They are the architecture of the self."
— Irving Bailiff, Season 1, Episode 3 - In Perpetuity
"I've been here longer than any of you. The work matters."
— Irving Bailiff, Season 1, Episode 4 - The You You Are
"There is something wrong with this place. I can feel it."
— Irving Bailiff, Season 1, Episode 7 - Defiant Jazz
"I paint the hallways at night. I don't know why, but I do."
— Irving Bailiff, Season 1, Episode 6 - Hide and Seek
Dylan George
"I just want to know if my kid is okay. That's all I want."
— Dylan George, Season 1, Episode 9 - The We We Are
"The perks are actually pretty good if you think about it."
— Dylan George, Season 1, Episode 2 - Half Loop
"I'm not doing this for Kier. I'm doing this for me."
— Dylan George, Season 1, Episode 8 - What's for Dinner?
"It's not nothing that I won the most Waffle Parties."
— Dylan George, Season 1, Episode 5 - The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design
Burt Goodman
"We make images. What MDR does with the numbers, I've always wondered."
— Burt Goodman, Season 1, Episode 5 - The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design
"I've been here a long time. Longer than most."
— Burt Goodman, Season 1, Episode 5 - The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design
"You're not what I expected from MDR."
— Burt Goodman, Season 1, Episode 5 - The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design
"There are good people here, Irving. That's what I believe."
— Burt Goodman, Season 1, Episode 7 - Defiant Jazz