Key Quotes

Cards (49)

  • 'The whole thing is absurd! You can't prove anything.' - Arthur
  • “You’re just the kind of son-in-law I always wanted” - Arthur
  • “I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business… there isn’t a chance of war” - Arthur
  • “… unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable” - Arthur
  • “…there’s a fair chance that I might find my way into the next Honour’s list” - Arthur
  • “I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can” - Arthur
  • “Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank” - Arthur
  • “When you’re married you’ll realize that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business” -Sybil
  • “You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago and that he’s still a magistrate” - Sybil
  • “I’m very sorry. But I think she had only herself to blame” - Sybil
  • “Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of” - Sybil
  • “These girls aren’t cheap labour. They’re people” - Shelia
  • “I’ll never, never do it again to anybody… I feel I can never go there again” - Shelia
  • “Mother, I think it was cruel and vile” - Shelia
  • “I suppose we’re all nice people now” - Shelia
  • “Well, he inspected us all right. And let’s not start dodging and pretending now. Between us we drove that girl to suicide” - Shelia
  • “He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out” - Eric
  • “I was in that state when a chap easily gets nasty” “I didn’t even remember – that’s the hellish thing” - Eric
  • “She didn’t want me to marry her… In a way, she treated me as if I were a kid” - Erix
  • “I got it – from the office… I intended to pay it back” - Eric
  • “It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters” - Eric
  • “You lot may be letting yourself out nicely, but I can’t … we did her in all right” - Eric
  • “…my child – your own grandchild – you killed them both – damn you, damn you” - Eric to sybil
  • “For God’s sake – don’t say anything to the inspector” - Gerald
  • “I think Miss Birling ought to be excused any more of this questioning” - Gerald
  • “Is there anything else you want to know – that you ought to know?” - Gerald
  • “Sorry – I – well, I’ve suddenly realized – taken it in properly – that she’s dead” - Gerald
  • “Burnt her inside out… she was in great agony” - Inspector
  • “Everything’s all right now, Sheila. What about this ring?” - Gerald
  • “She needed not only money but advice, sympathy, friendliness… you slammed the door in her face” “There’ll be plenty of time, when I’ve gone, to adjust your family relationships” - Inspector
  • “We have to share something. If there’s nothing else, we’ll have to share our guilt” - Inspector
  • “What happened to her… a chain of events” - Inspector
  • “I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me" - Gerald
  • “She told me she’d been happier than she’d ever been before” - Gerald
  • “There are a lot of young women living that sort of existence in every city and big town in this country” - Inspector
  • “She felt there’d never be anything as good again for her” - Inspector
  • “You’ll be able to divide the responsibility between you when I’ve gone” - Inspector
  • “…each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it” - Inspector
  • “Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges” - Inspetor
  • “Croft… he at least had some affection for her and made her happy for a time” - Inspector