Sebastian Rice-Edwards: Bill

Hope and Glory

Bill

Grandfather George: You want to know why they're called Faith, Hope, Grace and Charity?
Bill Rowen: Why?
Grandfather George: Your Grandmother. She named them after the virtues I lack. That's marriage for you!

[last lines]
Bill Rowen: In all my life nothing ever quite matched the perfect joy of that moment. My school lay in ruins, the river beckoned with the promise of stolen days.

Teacher: [jabbing at a map of the world, with the British Empire lands in pink] Pink. Pink. Pink. Pink. What are all the pink bits? Rowan.
Bill Rowen: They're ours, Miss.
Teacher: Yes. The British Empire. Arthur... what fraction of the earth's surface is British?
Arthur in Roger's Gang: Don't know, Miss.
Teacher: Anyone? Jennifer Baker?
Jennifer Baker: Two-fifths, Miss.
Teacher: Yes, two-fifths! Ours. That's what this war is all about. Men are fighting and dying to save all the pink bits for you ungrateful little twerps.

Grandfather George: All hens and no cocks. Too many women in our family. They're a different species from us, Bill.
Bill Rowen: Don't you love them?
Grandfather George: Oh, yes, love them. But don't try to understand them. That road leads to ruin.

Bill Rowen: [after Grandfather shoots at a mouse and misses] I think you hit him, Grandfather! He was limping when he ran off!

Roger: Do you wanna join our gang?
Bill Rowen: Don't mind.
Roger: Do you know any swear words?
Bill Rowen: Yes.
Roger: Say them. Go on. Say them. You can't join if you can't swear.
Bill Rowen: I only know one.
Roger: Well, say that one, then. Go on.
Bill Rowen: [softly] Fuck.
[Roger's gang is taken aback]
Roger: That word is special. That word is only used for something really important. Now, repeat after me: Bugger off.
Bill Rowen: Bugger off.
Roger: Sod.
Bill Rowen: Sod.
Roger: Bloody.
Bill Rowen: Bloody.
Roger: Now put them all together: Bugger off, you bloody sod.
Bill Rowen: Bugger off, you bloody sod.
Roger: Okay, you're in.

Sue Rowan: [spying on Dawn and Bruce through the keyhole] I suppose they're still learning. That's why they keep moving about.
Bill Rowen: It's easy. I've done it.
Sue Rowan: Who with?
Bill Rowen: Pauline.
Sue Rowan: Liar. Mummy keeps still and Daddy moves on top of her. That's what they do when they know how.

Clive Rowen: Now... You know the leg break, right? And the off break. Now, the googly looks like a leg break but it's really an off break. Got it? Like this.
Bill Rowen: That's like telling fibs.
Clive Rowen: That's it. When you tell a lie, you want to get away with it. But when someone else does, you want to find them out. A good batsman will spot a googly. A good bowler will hide it. Always remember that, son.

Bill Rowen: Don't worry, Sue. We're not gonna be like them when we grow up. We're not even like them now.