- Patrick Donovan: [Referring to Blaise] She made the perfect fox.
- John Bacchus: So what makes the perfect fox, Mr. Donovan?
- Patrick Donovan: Well, let's be frank... Number one it's the body.
- George Gently: [about Donovan] I trust that bloke about as far as I can throw him.
- George Gently: Don't take up poker, Sergeant!
- Patrick Donovan: [During job interview] Do you know what Rakes does? You understand what it is, and what it isn't?
- Audrey Chadwick: I understand, Mr. Donovan. I've understood since I was 15 years old what men want from me. As long as it's me who decides what they get and what they don't get , I'll be happy.
- Patrick Donovan: [to Gently and Bacchus] What is it they say in Europe about you? OZn the continent we have sex lives; In England they have hot water bottles.