Peaky Blinders – Series Quotes [Season 2, Episode 5]

— What are you doing, Tommy?
— Shovelling shit, Curly. Just like you.
— Why're you doing that, Tommy?
— To remind myself what I'd be if I wasn't who I am.

— Mick is the best horseman in England.
— He likes to waste money, I know that. According to the reports I've been given, you're spending two pound a month on worming powder.
— What? You want a horse with worms?
— Horses get worms from the water trough. Put goldfish in them, they eat the worm eggs.
— Goldfish? It'll be a gypsy thing, is it?
— No. It's an accounting thing. Goldfish cost a penny each.

— I lit a fire in the bedroom upstairs. My plan was that we'd sit here for a while, talk about old times, drink some whisky. And I was gonna tell you I hadn't spent a day without thinking about you. And then we were gonna go upstairs and sleep together. But just now on the way to opening the door, I changed me mind. So just have one drink, tell me how happy you are in New York and then you can go. <...>
— So what makes you think that I would have gone to bed with you after one whisky and some conversation?
— I was accounting for three whiskys.
— How dare you?
— It doesn't matter now, 'cause I've changed me mind.
— I came here because you asked me.
— Even though he's sweet and he's kind to you?
— And now I feel like an idiot.
— Well, then, go.
— Jesus.
— Well, you're still here.
— Are you so certain?
— That you're still in love with me? I was. But I'm not anymore. You don't have a sense of humour any more, either. <...> The thing is, I hate reunions. I didn't want to sit here for hours talking about nothing and dancing around what we really want to say. So now, I know you're happy in New York. I know your husband's rich and sweet and kind to you. I know you're unarmed. And you didn't come here for sex because you don't love me anymore. And it's only three minutes past.

— Well, at least you're going to get what you've always wanted.
— And what's that?
— Well, you tried to hang yourself twice. Now the King is gonna do it for you.
— I've been a fucking idiot. I haven't appreciated nothing, John.
— Are you fucking repenting or something?
— Drawing. I used to be good at drawing.
— Arthur, please, for God's sake, I don't need this.
— I should have listened more in class.
— What fucking class? You were never there.
— I used to draw horses. Stallions. Great big ones. They looked real. I should have done more with me life, John. Good things. Even Ada said it wasn't my fault.
— Arthur, will you listen? They're not gonna hang you.
— Says who?
— Tommy.
— And how is Houdini gonna get me out of this?

— ...the half of London already thinks that I'm fucking a racketeer. Laughing about it. Laying on bets about when you'll steal the silver. You think your people are ruthless? Try mine.
— So that's why you carry on, eh? Because you can't back down.

— So I have your brother facing the noose. I have your cousin facing five years for arson. And I have your entire organisation in disarray in Birmingham and in London.
— What do you want?
— What do I want? I don't understand.
— I've already agreed to do your fucking killing for you. Now what is it you want from me?
— Oh. There you go, you see... An agreement is not the same thing as an assurance, now, is it? See, I found that I wasn't sleeping so well. And it wasn't just that... the smell and the noise in that room, no. It was the nagging doubt. The knowledge. The knowledge that... Tommy Shelby is not afraid to die. And therefore, the threat to your own life might not be enough to make it certain that you will obey me on the given day. I needed also the power of life and death over your family and that I know have.