You can’t conceive, my child, nor can I or anyone the … appalling … strangeness of the mercy of God. Brighton Rock (1938)
He knew everything in theory, nothing in practice... He knew the moves, he'd never played the game. Brighton Rock (1938)
[About Pinkie's character] The word murder conveyed no more to him than the word 'box', 'collar', 'giraffe'. Brighton Rock (1938)