Season 1

“You don't know what it's like out there. You may think you do but you don't. It's only a matter of time. There's too many of those things. My boy, my wife, I never told them what I really thought. I never even hinted, just, just kept it in, kept us moving, kept it in, kept us moving.”

— Adam Fierro, Frank Darabont, Rick Grimes, Andrew Lincoln, imdb.com

“This is what takes us down. This is our extinction event.”

— Adam Fierro, Frank Darabont, Edwin Jenner, Noah Emmerich, imdb.com

“I see a chance to make a new start.”

— Adam Fierro, Frank Darabont, Dale Horvath, Jeffrey DeMunn, imdb.com

“Rick Grimes: I'm grateful. Edwin Jenner: The day will come when you won't be.”

— Adam Fierro, Frank Darabont, Rick Grimes, Andrew Lincoln, imdb.com

“Shane Walsh: Jim, nobody is gonna hurt you, okay? Jim: That's a lie. That's the biggest lie there is. I told that to my wife and my two boys. I said it 100 times. It didn't matter. They came out of nowhere. There were dozens of 'em. Just pulled 'em right out of my hands. You know, the only reason I…”

— Robert Kirkman, Shane Walsh, Jon Bernthal, imdb.com

“I think tomorrow I'm gonna blow my brains out. I haven't decided. But tonight, I'm getting drunk.”

— Glen Mazzara, Edwin Jenner, Noah Emmerich, imdb.com

“Daryl Dixon: You got some balls for a China man. Glenn Rhee: I'm Korean. Daryl Dixon: Whatever.”

— Robert Kirkman, Glenn Rhee, Steven Yeun, imdb.com

“Still not sleeping well. Can't seem to keep regular hours.”

— Glen Mazzara, Edwin Jenner, Noah Emmerich, imdb.com

“Nobody can kill Merle but Merle.”

— Robert Kirkman, Daryl Dixon, Norman Reedus, imdb.com

“Words can be meager things. Sometimes they fall short.”

— Jack LoGiudice, Charles H. Eglee, Frank Darabont, Dale Horvath, Jeffrey DeMunn, imdb.com

“I deserve it. I deserve it. I've been bad. Help me now. Show me the way. Go on, tell me what to do. Tell me. Tell me. God! That's okay. Never you mind, silly Christ boy. I ain't begged you before. I ain't gonna start begging now. I ain't gonna beg you now! Don't you worry about me begging you ever!…”

— Jack LoGiudice, Charles H. Eglee, Frank Darabont, Merle Dixon, Michael Rooker, imdb.com

“Nice moves there, Clint Eastwood. You the new sheriff come riding in to clean up the town?”

— Frank Darabont, Glenn Rhee, Steven Yeun, imdb.com

“I can see you make a habit of missing the point.”

— Frank Darabont, Rick Grimes, Andrew Lincoln, imdb.com

“Ought to be polite to a man with a gun. Only common sense.”

— Frank Darabont, Rick Grimes, Andrew Lincoln, imdb.com

“Bites kill you. The fever burns you out. But then after a while...you come back.”

— Frank Darabont, Morgan Jones, Lennie James, imdb.com

“Never met a woman who knew how to turn off a light. Born thinking the switch only goes one way: on. Come home, house all lit up, and my job, you see, apparently because my chromosomes happen to be different is that I gotta walk through that house and turn off every single light this chick left on.”

— Frank Darabont, Shane Walsh, Jon Bernthal, imdb.com