"He does crosswords, madam. Knows all sorts of words that nobody ever uses."
Morse : "I can't handle drugs. I can't figure out why they do it. It's beyond me." Lewis : "Oh, come on. You know. People, kids, down sometimes, I suppose. The same reason you drink beer." Morse : "Beer is food."
"The world is your lobster Terry." You Better Call Arthur Del Boy. The king of malapropisms & now my favorite crook from the 80s! :hearts: :hearts: :hearts: #dodgy #shonky #roguish #fun, fun, fun
sail ho! the wind blows free! "we sink or swim together." <3
"Special operations doesn't mean going in with all guns blazing. It means special planning, special care. Fully-briefed agents in possession of all possible alternatives. If you want James Bond go to your library, but if you want a successful operation, sit at your desk and think. And then, think again."
Kay Starr's Wheel Of Fortune <3 "if you'll ever smile on me please let it be now"; and of course Johnnie Ray's Cry <3 "If your heartaches seem to hang around too long
And your blues keep getting bluer with each song
Remember sunshine can be found behind the cloudy skies
So let your hair down and go on and cry"
“See, that’s your basic problem, doctor: you don’t seem to understand no matter how much you take away, everyone has something that belongs to them. To them, and nobody else. Everyone has something, and no matter how deep you dig, you’ll never get.”
(8.5) it seems that Danny Boyle (screenplay here) was involved with the best Morses. At least so far. Mr Majors <3
After messing with the Masons, it's no wonder that Danny Boyle went all "Trainspotting". (- Is this a dagger that I see before me? - Just an ordinary kitchen knife, I think, sir. // - Why do you want her to be innocent, sir? - I'm old-fashioned.)
"I think our friend Inspector Morse could prove to be something of a pain in the rectum area"
"I bought my nippers one of them electronic keyboards" (Lewis strikes again <3)
Pagan (Morse's old nickname lol) smiling more than once (lol) + Lewis playing cricket while working undercover (lol). Written by Anthony Minghella + not based on a Colin Dexter novel but on an idea by him.
"she was killed with an injection of liquid nicotine"
“The only way of catching a train I ever discovered is to miss the one before. G. K. Chesterton”
― Colin Dexter, Last Seen Wearing
"Coded messages. Murder. Right up my street. It's not a bad way to start the day."
Peace, Love, and Grow Your Own Goat ("Memories, inspector. Grief and joy mixing like pork and mustard. Not that I've eaten pork for years" lol)
