RP starters inspired by ITV’s Endeavour (part 3/3) Feel free to change pronouns ! Â
“ If the pelican can, then so can you. ”
“ If I spent my days in contemplation of such questions, I should drink rather more than I do. ”
“ It's nothing sinister. I'm just getting a seed-cake out of the oven. ”
“ He's a fist with a warrant-card! ”
“ I can't sit by the window, waiting for someone to tell me my life can start. I can't do that any more. ”
“ What's all this? In disguise or hiding from someone? You don't look like you. ”
“ Not lost the old charm, then? ”
“ I know you're smart. We all know you're smart. You don't have to prove it all the time. Take a day off. ”
“ I'm a figure of ridicule to be openly mocked and scorned. ”
“ I hope you're a more convincing liar when it matters. Your life may depend on it. ”
“ It's not easy, stepping into a dead woman's shoes. ”
“ Love should be brave, don't you think? ”
“ I don't think I've been a very good wife. ”
“ We are not friends. Nor, I am very happy to say, are we ever likely to be.”Â
“ A moment's courage or a lifetime of regret - that's always the choice. ”
“ You know, there is a line. I just hope you're on the right side of it. ”
“ Sorry was all I wanted. ”
“ No one's coming. It's how we come into the world. You. Me. All of us. We're born and we die alone. ”
“ New year. New decade. New start. ”
“ Every man has his price. I shall make it my life's work to find yours. ”
“ You don't know what the opera is until the overture begins. ”
“ A goodbye might have been polite, but... nobody died. Nobody owes anything to anyone. ”
“ The chief stoker never leaves the engine room. ”
“ Is he a lunatic of some sort? ”
“ I don't want to confess. I just want to know that you forgive me. ”
“ I'm here to keep you on the straight and narrow and tell you when I think you're barking up the wrong tree. ”
“ Let's not clutch at straws to save our blushes. ”
“ There'll be no repercussions. He just made a mistake, that's all. ”