Ensanguining the skies
How heavily it dies
Into the west away;
Past touch and sight and sound,
Not further to be found,
How hopeless underground
Falls the remorseful day.
Every Inspector Morse episode: The Remorseful Day (33/33)
To make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
Every Inspector Morse episode: The Wench Is Dead (32/33)
I told you, my mother was a Quaker. And Quakers sometimes call their children names like Hope and Patience. My father was obsessed with Captain Cook, and his ship was called Endeavour. Why aren’t you both laughing?
Every Inspector Morse episode: Death Is Now My Neighbour (31/33)
I think they were very clever. Cleverer than we are. And cleverest of all - by being dead.
Every Inspector Morse episode: Daughters Of Cain (30/33)
Once upon a time we solved crime with a brain and a notebook. These days it’s pie charts and a notebook. The romance is gone.
Every Inspector Morse episode: The Way Through The Woods (29/33)
Art and life, Lewis. Art and life. (…) Always preferred art myself. Don’t know about life.
Every Inspector Morse episode: Twilight of the Gods (28/33)
The occult will always be with us, Chief Inspector. It reflects a part of our nature.
Every Inspector Morse episode: The Day Of The Devil (27/33)
Why would a man admit to murder and then lie about how he did it?
Every Inspector Morse episode: Deadly Slumber (26/33)
But I made a vow. I wouldn’t forget - I would never forget - how awful it is to be fifteen. I’ve forgotten, of course - everyone does.
Every Inspector Morse episode: Cherubim and Seraphim (25/33)
One bunch of unscrupulous charlatans ripping off another bunch of credulous speculators. That’s a definition of capitalism, isn’t it?
Every Inspector Morse episode: Absolute Conviction (24/33)
The arena, Lewis. Built by the Romans for their games. Carnage and brutality. Now it’s an opera house. I could almost believe in progress.
Every Inspector Morse episode: The Death Of The Self (23/33)
Is there a butler?
I didn’t see one. No.
Pity… it would have saved us a lot of time.
Every Inspector Morse episode: Happy Families (22/33)
Curiosity becomes something of a habit with policeman.
Every Inspector Morse episode: Dead On Time (21/33)
A promised land full of promissory notes.
Every Inspector Morse episode: Promised Land (20/33)
Almost operatic… a Greek tragedy.
Every Inspector Morse episode: Greeks Bearing Gifts (19/33)