North & South (2004)

Brendan Coyle: Nicholas Higgins

Quotes 

• John Thornton : Was... was it Miss Hale who told you to come to me? You might have said.

  Nicholas Higgins : And you've have been a little more civil?

  John Thornton : [Thornton glares at him and leaves] 

• Nicholas Higgins : Reckon I'll leave my brains at home, then.

• Nicholas Higgins : My poor Bess! She lived the life of a dog. Hard work and illness. She never had one moment of rejoicing. I'm not saying I don't believe in your God, but I can't believe He meant the world to be as it is. The masters ruling over us, the rest of us left to live a half-life in the shadows.