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Quotes
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DI Fred Thursday : [after Morse's unexpected return to Oxford has saved the day] I put you on a train.
DC Endeavour Morse : I got off.
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DC Endeavour Morse : Why?
DI Fred Thursday : Because Y's not a Zed.
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DI Fred Thursday : [confronted by Vince Kasper when looking for Vic Kasper instead] It's the engineer I'm looking for - not the oily rag.
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[in the pub, Jakes carries three glasses of beer to the table: two pints of bitter for Morse and Thursday and a pint of lighter beer for himself]
DI Fred Thursday : [to Jakes] What's that, then? *Lager* beer, is it?
[Jakes echoes the advertising slogan]
DS Peter Jakes : Double Diamond. Works wonders.
DC Endeavour Morse : [dryly] The wonder is anyone buys the stuff.
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Vince Kasper : [Thursday is aiming a gun at him] You think you're going to walk out of here?
DI Fred Thursday : I know you're not.
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DI Fred Thursday : [trying to coerce Carlisle into confessing] A short spell inside's better than an eternity in a wooden box.
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Chief Superintendent Bright : [on the arrival of Vic Kasper in Oxford] You think he's come here looking for a soft touch?
DI Fred Thursday : More like, he's come here looking to keep breathing.
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DI Fred Thursday : [after Morris Cubitt has claimed he is now in charge of the Moonlight Rooms] Don't kid a kidder, Morrie. You're a front man. Near-beer, blue jokes and totting up the night's take - that's your forte. So who's in the big chair now, eh?
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DI Fred Thursday : Good man, Albert. Reliable.
DC Endeavour Morse : At ten bob a time. I expect he is.
DI Fred Thursday : Any copper's only as good as the intelligence he's got coming in. What do they teach you at Carshall?
DC Endeavour Morse : I don't remember anything in Judges' Rules about paying for information.
DI Fred Thursday : Got something new to think about, then, haven't you?
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Chief Superintendent Bright : Look - I don't want this animus between Kasper and yourself turning into some kind of private vendetta. This is Oxford, not the Wild West.
DI Fred Thursday : I know my duty, sir.
Chief Superintendent Bright : See you remember it. I'm thinking of you, Thursday. I've seen too many a good officer lose his way over some personal feud. Believe me, such things never end well.
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Morris Cubitt : [Thursday has doubted the truth of his story] Straight! As God's my judge.
DI Fred Thursday : [still doubtful] Yeah, but He's not, though, is He?
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DI Fred Thursday : You were... particular friends, would it be?
