Severancegripped viewers from its premiere in 2022 with its sci-fi twist on the idea of a work-life balance.

The dialogue inSeveranceoften features some great lines.

But they also go even further, hinting at the show’s larger plot and themes.

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Ultimately, the book led Lumon employees to rebel.

Here, he shares his thoughts on love and heartbreak.

8"The work is mysterious and important."

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7Its important because it actually is or because youre saying it is?

But its also very typical of Helly.

6"The good news is hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination.

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The bad news is whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create."

She uses her mothers insight as a parallel for Marks work.

5"You don’t value me.

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You fear me."

Helena thanks Cobel for her loyalty and work and asks if shed like to return.

Cobel tells Helena, You dont value me.

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Helena replies, We fear no one.

Cobel is a formidable character throughout the seriesone could be forgiven for, indeed, fearing her.

The moment also demonstratesthe striking difference between Helena and Helly.

Mark S. (Adam Scott), Irving B. (John Turturro), Helly R. (Britt Lower), and Dylan G. (Zach Cherry) have a secret meeting in the new break room in Apple TV’s ‘Severance’.

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4"If you want a hug, go to hell and find your mother."

What might be a sincere moment with another character is anything but with Cobel.

3"Fight for the freedom of the soldier next to you."

Adam Scott as Mark S in Severance Season 2 Episode 6.

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It’s an empowering sentiment and a powerful reminder of ones freedom to choose how to spend their time.

All the while, Cobel is watching them on cameras in her office, something Milchick.

Graner notes that theres a Kier quote for everything.

Britt Lower and Adam Scott as Helly R. and Mark S. working side by side in Severance

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The quote is also a paraphrased version of a similar one by Russian authorFyodor Dostoevsky.

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Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) sternly plays with a blue Chinese finger trap in ‘Severance’.

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Patricia Arquette walking away from a meeting with Britt Lower

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Patricia Arquette as Harmony Cobel, standing in an empty board room, in Severance Season 2.

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Ricken Hale (Michael Chernus) on the cover of his newest self-help book “The You You Are” in Severance on Apple TV+.

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Harmony Cobel meets with Mark in ‘Severance’ Season 1, Episode 5, “The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design”

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