Quotes
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Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : [returning to work from hospital and finding a corpse has been discovered] Well, there we are. Not half an hour in the station, all back to normal. Carry on.
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DC Endeavour Morse : Evening, sir. I wondered if you had a moment. It's about my sergeant's exam. I've been thinking about what you said. About me leaving Oxford. You're right, there's nothing to keep me here. No family. I've been offered to join a new unit in London. It means rank.
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : Well... It goes without saying, we shall miss your abilities, but... you must do what you think right. For an officer of your talent to remain at detective constable would be a waste of material. Believe me, Morse, I've seen it all too often. Better men passed over in favour of mediocrity because they weren't... clubbable.
DC Endeavour Morse : So you think I should take it?
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : That's a matter entirely for you. If you'll forgive the presumption, you're a man, I think, more used to putting the concerns of others before himself. Perhaps in this instance, you should consider what's in your own best interests.
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Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : [reading the whitewashed account in the "Oxford Mail" of the incident at the nuclear power station] "A small fire in a storage area was quickly contained by Bramford's own fire brigade, with the site suffering only the most minor damage. No member of staff was injured and there was never, at any time, a danger to the public".
DI Fred Thursday : [sarcastic] And they all lived happily ever after.
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : In the "Mail", Thursday. I hope you wouldn't gainsay Miss Frazil.
DI Fred Thursday : More than my life's worth, sir.
