Key Quotations

• “i was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty—Eric Birling
• “they will be taught it in fire, blood and anguish“-The Inspector
• “that’s when it happened.I don’t even remember, that’s the hellish thing”-Eric Birling
• “And Eric’s one of them”-Sheila Birling
• “alright i knew her but let’s leave it at that”- Gerald Croft
• “i didn’t feel about her as she felt about me”-Gerald Croft
• “i don’t come into this suicide business”-Gerald Croft
• “i was in a furious temper”-Sheila Birling
• “But these girls aren’t cheap labour theyre people“-Sheila Birling
• “you killed them both-damn you, damn you”-Eric Birling
• “You killed her, your own grandchild, you killed them both”-Eric Birling
• “yes, i suppose it was inevitable“-Gerald Croft
• “For lower costs and higher prices”- Mr Birling
• “mixed up like bees in a hive”-Mr Birling
• “the famous generation who know it all”-Mr Birling
• “As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money“-Mrs Birling
• “we are members of one body”-The Inspector
• “Chain of events”- The Inspector
• “their lives, their hopes, their fears”- The Inspector
• ”unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”-Mr Birling
• ”girls of that class”-Mrs Birling