I will stop presently, but just a few more while I think of it & I've got stuff bookmarked:
Spooks | MI-5 "I like the niceties. They protect us from tyranny."
"You have to put your real self in a box. And only when you come home, do you open up the box and say 'Hello, real me.'"
“I was inconveniently dead at the time.”
"It's never over. We may dance with the devil, but it's always to his tune."
"I don’t want to die. There are books I want to read and I still hate my kitchen."
"Lovers leave, friends annoy us and families mess with your head."
"These days most people's idea of a secret is something you only tell one person at a time."
"It's one thing to get rid of democracy. It's much harder to get rid of the monster you replace it with."
"We should be with our loved ones. Even if we've only got a cat."
"Patience is just procrastination without the anxiety."
"Shall I hit him again?" / "Only if you want to."
"Betrayal is a cancer. Let it eat your soul, not mine."
Books (assorted): I knew I had seen them for the last time on this earth, but some day I shall return to be with that brave company of shadows.
His men spread fear abroad almost like the Black Death, they pushed it under doors and through letter boxes, they painted it on walls and stable doors until it infected everything.
Fear kills everything. Your mind, your heart, your imagination.
"Stories never really end, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first."
Press Gang "I don't do conversation. Anything I say comes out like an order. I say hello and people salute."
"You don't happen to be jealous of a girl I've never even met, do you?" / "Of course I'm jealous... I wish I was the girl you've never even met."
"That's not what lasting relationships are based on. I should know, I've had hundreds of them."
"Is this a discussion or a chance to agree with you? Or do you not recognise the distinction?"
"I'm not responsible for everything. I just make it look that way."
Public Eye "That's the trouble with these big gestures - they don't work. You run out, slam the door, and that's it - anti-climax."
"We make a great couple, don't we? We should have a party and invite all our friends. There'd still be just the two of us."
"Parents are always being let down. It's an occupational hazard."
"Point is, I get these twinges of conscience from time to time, but I don't know whether I really feel anything or whether I just feel I ought to."
"A man seems to think all he has to say to a woman is 'I need you' - she'll pack a nightie and a toothbrush and run!"
"This is entirely unofficial. I do not want to know how you discover what you discover. It's nothing to do with me, remember."
"I do not accept that ancient privilege should hang around the neck of future generations like an albatross."
"It isn't always easy to accept the well-meaning of others, but it is a kindliness to try."
"As long as I don't get thumped and I do get paid!"
"All I want now is a little light, a little heat, and a nice cup of tea."
"Do you think you can stop treating me like an accomplice?"
"A rare quality, wisdom, these days... or any days."
"I can't help being suspicious. It's people like you who make me like that."
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Spooks | MI-5
"I like the niceties. They protect us from tyranny."
"You have to put your real self in a box. And only when you come home, do you open up the box and say 'Hello, real me.'"
“I was inconveniently dead at the time.”
"It's never over. We may dance with the devil, but it's always to his tune."
"I don’t want to die. There are books I want to read and I still hate my kitchen."
"Lovers leave, friends annoy us and families mess with your head."
"These days most people's idea of a secret is something you only tell one person at a time."
"It's one thing to get rid of democracy. It's much harder to get rid of the monster you replace it with."
"We should be with our loved ones. Even if we've only got a cat."
"Patience is just procrastination without the anxiety."
"Shall I hit him again?" / "Only if you want to."
"Betrayal is a cancer. Let it eat your soul, not mine."
Books (assorted):
I knew I had seen them for the last time on this earth, but some day I shall return to be with that brave company of shadows.
His men spread fear abroad almost like the Black Death, they pushed it under doors and through letter boxes, they painted it on walls and stable doors until it infected everything.
Fear kills everything. Your mind, your heart, your imagination.
"Stories never really end, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first."
Press Gang
"I don't do conversation. Anything I say comes out like an order. I say hello and people salute."
"You don't happen to be jealous of a girl I've never even met, do you?" / "Of course I'm jealous... I wish I was the girl you've never even met."
"That's not what lasting relationships are based on. I should know, I've had hundreds of them."
"Is this a discussion or a chance to agree with you? Or do you not recognise the distinction?"
"I'm not responsible for everything. I just make it look that way."
Public Eye
"That's the trouble with these big gestures - they don't work. You run out, slam the door, and that's it - anti-climax."
"We make a great couple, don't we? We should have a party and invite all our friends. There'd still be just the two of us."
"Parents are always being let down. It's an occupational hazard."
"Point is, I get these twinges of conscience from time to time, but I don't know whether I really feel anything or whether I just feel I ought to."
"A man seems to think all he has to say to a woman is 'I need you' - she'll pack a nightie and a toothbrush and run!"
"This is entirely unofficial. I do not want to know how you discover what you discover. It's nothing to do with me, remember."
"I do not accept that ancient privilege should hang around the neck of future generations like an albatross."
"It isn't always easy to accept the well-meaning of others, but it is a kindliness to try."
"As long as I don't get thumped and I do get paid!"
"All I want now is a little light, a little heat, and a nice cup of tea."
"Do you think you can stop treating me like an accomplice?"
"A rare quality, wisdom, these days... or any days."
"I can't help being suspicious. It's people like you who make me like that."