Memorable Quotes from Andrew Scott
4 quotesMessage Delivery in a Time of War
Blake
Sir? Lieutenant Leslie, sir?
Lieutenant Leslie
What is it?
[half asleep]
Blake
We have a message from General Erinmore.
Lieutenant Leslie
Are you our relief?
Blake
No, sir.
Lieutenant Leslie
Then when the fucking hell are they due?
Blake
We don't know, sir, but we've got orders to cross here.
Lieutenant Leslie
That is the German front line.
Blake
We know, sir. If you'll just take the letter.
[hands Leslie the note from Erinmore]
Lieutenant Leslie
Settle a bet. What day is it?
Blake
Friday.
Lieutenant Leslie
Friday. Well, well, well. None of us was right. This idiot thought it was Tuesday.
[indicates soldier]
Soldier
Sorry, sir.
Lieutenant Leslie
Are they out of their fucking minds? One slow night, the brass think the Hun have just gone home?
[reading the note]
Schofield
Do you think they're wrong, sir?
Lieutenant Leslie
We lost an officer and three men two nights ago. They were shot to bits patching up wire. We dragged two of them back here. Needn't have bothered--
Blake
Sir, the General is sure the enemy have withdrawn. There are aerials of the new line that–-
Lieutenant Leslie
Shut up! We've fought and died over every inch of this fucking place! Now they suddenly give us miles? It's a trap! But chin up, there's a medal in it for sure. Nothing like a scrap of ribbon to cheer up a widow.
[exasperated; pause]
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Consequences of Actions and Moral Judgment
Inspector Turpin
You'll burn in hell for what you've done.
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Warning Against Unchecked Ambition
Inspector Turpin
Be careful Mr. Frankenstein, you toy with wrathful forces. And there's no mercy in nature.
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The Fate of History and Memory
Inspector Turpin
You shall be forgotten. That's right. History will bury you, Frankenstein, and no man will remember your name.
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