Thomas Shelby – Character Quotes

— Happy or sad?
— Sad.
— Okay, but I warn you; I'll break your heart.
— Already broken.

Whiskey is good proofing water. It tells you who’s real and who isn’t.

— You think I am a whore?
— Everyone's a whore, Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves.

Lies travel faster than the truth.

— I love you.
— And there it goes, Grace. Away it goes...

In France I got used to seeing men die. I never got used to seeing horses die.

Dear Grace, I write without malice. I learned long ago to hate my enemies. But I've never loved one before.

In pubs sometimes people say things and sometimes it’s the whisky talking. It’s hard to tell which is which.

You don't parley when you're on the back foot.

You have to get what you want, your own way.

— The one minute. The soldier's minute. In a battle, that's all you get. One minute of everything at once. And anything before is nothing. Everything after nothing. Nothing in comparison to that one minute.
— Didn't you get enough minutes over there?

She’s in the past. The past is not my concern. The future is no longer my concern, either.

The only way to guarantee peace is by making the prospect of war seem hopeless.