Ada Thorne/Shelby

— We own the rops. Who's going to hang us now, eh? <...>
— No one is gonna hang you, Tommy. You're gonna hang yourself.

— After your recent troubles, Tommy asked me to keep an eye on you.
— "Troubles"? Whilst working for this company, I have killed a man, I have lost a man, I have found a son, I have nearly lost a son, I have nearly lost my own life. Now, I will accept my job back, if the terms on offer are favourable...

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Problems, Troubles, Issues

Sarcastic Quotes

— Well, then, at least throw away your opium. It's that that causes the visions. Just... throw it away. While it's there, it's a temptation. How much have you got left?
— Seven tonnes.
— Seven tonnes?
— Yeah. I'd hate for it to run out, Ada.

Thomas is transporting a shipment of opium for the Chinese.

— How's Arthur?
— For Christmas, get him a sewing kit... so he can sew his fucking balls back on.

— May Carleton spoke about you the way I imagine one might about a party they barely remember, where you crash the car into the dovecote and live on champagne and cocaine for three whole days. You know, that kind of party.
— Only three days?

Mosley tried to surprise Ada with a story about her brother Thomas Shelby's spree.

Most of you were in France. So you all know what happens next. I've got brothers and a husband here, but you've all got somebody waiting for you. Now, I'm wearing black in preparation. I want you to look at me. I want you all to look at me. Who'll be wearing black for you? Think about them. Think about them right now.

— Never thought my high-fucking-heels from Paris would be stepping through the horse shit of Small Heath ever again.
— Temporary, Polly.
— Yeah, until hell freezes over.

— No one's laughing anymore, Ada. The Home Office is making provisions. This is part of those provisions.
— And how is Tommy Shelby OBE going to stop a revolution?
— Jessie Eden has accepted my invitation to dinner.
— Ah. Of course! I'm sorry, Tommy Shelby is going to stop the revolution with his cock!

Jessie Eden is a Communist.

— Tommy, Tommy, sweetheart... why would a man whose medals rust at the bottom of the Saltley canal want to help the British military?
— Because I've been offered three five-year contracts to supply military vehicles to the British forces in India, Ceylon, Singapore and Burma, total value — 2 million pounds.
— And there'll be no strikes in your factory because Jessie Eden will be in your bed. Tommy, this can only happen if you're still alive.
— I'm planning on staying live. If I'm dead, you can all go back to being what you were. The British Army came to me, Ada. I said, "Why not?"
— They'll put that on your grave, Tom. 'Tommy Shelby — "Why not?"'

— Do you know how unfair it is that you've got four Bugattis when half the country's starving?
— So now they've made you ashamed of us, eh?
— Sometimes when I think how I used to be, it makes me embarrassed.

— It gets much warmer than here in the summer. Much colder in the winter.
— I knew it.
— But parts of it are just like Birmingham.
— Yeah. Shit and smoke are the same everywhere.

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