Eva Stratt quotes from Project Hail Mary (2026)

Played by Sandra Hüller

View Quote [Looking at Ryland Grace while singing] Remember, everything will be alright. We can meet again somewhere. Somewhere far away from here. And that is enough.

View Quote This might seem like me betraying you, but this is actually me believing in you.

View Quote You're smart. You'll figure it out.

Scenes with Eva Stratt

View Quote Ryland Grace: It took, like, 200 years to figure out how bacteria works, so...
Eva Stratt: Please do it faster.

View Quote Eva Stratt: The consensus here is that it would be preferable if you did not die.
Ryland Grace: Thanks, guys.

View Quote Eva Stratt: Do you stand by what you wrote?
Ryland Grace: I was fired for standing by what I wrote.
Eva Stratt: You were fired for calling the leading scholar in your field a "staggering waste of carbon" at the UNESCO conference in Denmark.

View Quote Ryland Grace: So, you really think all this is going to work?
Eva Stratt: God willing.
Ryland Grace: You believe in God?
Eva Stratt: Beats the alternative.

View Quote Ryland Grace: We have 1,009 of these Little Engines That Could on the Hail Mary, and, uh...
Yao: [in Mandarin] This guy speaks like a child.
Eva Stratt: [In Mandarin] It doesn't matter, you'll get used to it.
Yao: Okay.
Eva Stratt: [Whispering] You're doing great.
Ryland Grace: [Whispering] What?

View Quote Ryland Grace: Carl and I made a baby.
Eva Stratt: [Over phone] ... What?

View Quote Ryland Grace: You'll find a solution.
Eva Stratt: You are my solution.

View Quote Ryland Grace: Did you get your free hat?
Eva Stratt: Yeah I k-I kind of bought them?

Other characters in Project Hail Mary (2026): Ryland Grace · Rocky · Carl · Yao