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Colin Dexter Quotes

1930–2017 England

Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. His characters have spawned a sequel series, Lewis, and a prequel series, Endeavour.

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‘It seems you like your coffee half and half, sarge ... half in the cup and half in the saucer.’

Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)

‘He's promised to see a psychiatrist — but I'm not very optimistic about that. I only ever knew one psychiatrist. Funny chap. If ever a man was in need of psychiatric treatment it was him.’

Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)

...he'd come round to the view that Freud would have been a far more valuable citizen if he'd stuck to his research on local anaesthetics.

The Dead of Jericho (1981)

He passed the blonde just as she turned her head, and he blinked hard. What a world we live in! for the lovely blonde had a lovely beard and side-whiskers down to his chin. Interesting thought ...

Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)

‘Me and the wife always eat 'em (fish and chips) off the paper - seems to taste better somehow.’
‘They say it's the newsprint sticking to the chips ... By Jove, your wife's right, Lewis. I'll never eat them off a plate again.’

Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Colin Dexter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.