"Milton's 'Paradise Lost': (Book 1) "Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile stir'd up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd the Mother of Mankind ...""

"Mrs Hederson: It was just after I was speaking to you Sgt Lewis, it was really strange."

"Lewis: I have to, er, y'know (use the Gents')"

"Morse: People are dying out there. Even cricket has to come to a stop."

"Morse: Would you keep an eye on my car? It's the red 'Jaguar' across the road."

"Roland Marshall: Morse. My God ... it's 'Pagan Morse' !"

"Morse: I stumble about. That's what I do. Sometimes I stumble in the right direction."

"The New Testament: "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is Death.""

"Morse (tacitly): A head"

"Canal worker: What is it that you're looking for, exactly?"

"Morse: I have a good memory, but a prosaic mind"

"Lewis: (to Dr Russell) What's a nice girl like you doing a job like this for?"

"Miss Burn: You know Oxford. A back-biting, parochial little town"

"Morse: How does one address a lady pathologist first thing in the morning?"

"Morse: Oh, God! What an inheritance!"

"Morse: The people who live in places like this think that the rules don't apply to them"

"Morse: We're being led up the garden path, Lewis. A very picturesque garden and a very pretty path"

"Morse: Too much sang froid"

"Morse: Grayling...like the fish?"

"Dr. Russell: I'm Max's locum."

"Morse: Keep tugging at your forelock, Lewis, and we may be back in Oxford by lunch-time"

"Morse: It's people like them (the Hanburys) who think people like us are there to keep the servants in order."

"Lewis: Was it from 'Cats'?"

"Morse: Get an ambulance to Hanbury House as fast as you can! Some fool in a sports car just drove into a tree!"

"Morse: Let's get out of here. I hate the smell of hospitals"

"Morse: Cat got your tongue, Lewis? Getting all too much for you, is it? A coded letter; stolen money; violence."

"Max: You can have a good relationship with a corpse"

"Morse: Go home, Lewis. Kiss your children. See your wife"

"Morse: Beer is food"

"Lewis: What about Mr. Craven?"

"Chief Supt. Strange: I'm the Superintendent. If one of my officers orders a constable to bring him whisky in a coffee-mug, I get to hear about it. It's my job!"

"Mr. Craven: It's time to get your shoes dirty!"

"Max: Think of it like losing your finest recording of the 'Ring Cycle'"

"Morse: No, ...we are NOT having a depression!"

"Morse: Have you ever thought about the person who designed the sports skirt? Somebody sat down and drew a fantasy and made it compulsory uniform. I can never watch Wimbledon without thanking that man."

"Lewis: I think I'll just pop down and see Aunt Cissy."

"Morse: People's lives, Lewis. People's lives. And loves. It was love's old sweet song all along!"

"Lewis: (commenting on Mrs Downs): Fine woman, that! Full of life!"

"Serving Wench: (making a grand gesture) A messenger attends without, My Lord!"

"Morse: And the rich do so hate answering questions!"

"The House of The Lord should be daily swept and garnished"

"Morse: Oh, grow up, Morse!"

"Morse: No, that's not 'Morse's Law'. 'Morse's Law' is there's always time for one more pint ... except there isn't."

"Morse: I've gone and arrested the WRONG man!"

"Morse: No-one would put up with me - I play my records too loud"

"Morse: I do hope that this isn't one of our sordid cases, Lewis"