Quote Bank

• "You never put new shoes on the table" - Mrs Johnston
• "They say that if either twin learns that he were once a pair both shall immediately die" - Mrs Lyons
• "Why is a job so important?" - Edward

  "I don't wear a hat I can tilt at the world" - Mickey
• "...while no one was looking I grew up. An' you didn't because you didn't need to an' I don't blame y' for it Eddie" - Mickey
• "And do we blame superstition for what came to pass? Or could it be what we, the English, have come to know as class?" - Narrator
• "I could have been him!" - Mickey
• He's a friggin poshy - Sammy
• 'The devils got your number' - Narrator
• 'Don't you know what a dictionary is?' / 'Course I do it's a thingy innit'
• 'And who would tell the girl in the middle of the pair the price she'd pay for just being there' - Narrator
• 'And who dare tell the lambs in the spring what fate the later seasons bring' - Narrator
• 'I could have been him!' Mickey
• 'Oh bright new day we're moving away' Mrs Johnstone
• 'As like eachother as two new pins' Narrator
• 'Do you wanna be my blood brother Eddie' - Mickey
• 'I curse you witch.'/'You ruined me' Mrs Lyons
• 'There's a stone in place of her heart' Narrator (abt Mrs J)
• 'Kids can't live on love alone' Mrs J
• 'Why's a job so important?' Eddie
• 'I don't wear a hat I can tilt at the world' Mickey
• ''cos while no one was lookin' I grew up. An' you didn't because you didn't need to' Mickey
• 'Talk of oxbridge Lyons?' Teacher
• 'A silver tray to take meals on'/'a bike with both wheels on' Mrs Lyons/Mrs J
• 'The sort of thing a silly mother might say' Mrs Lyons
• 'How come you got everythin' and I got nothing' - Mickey
• 'I don't want you mixing with boys like that' Mrs Lyons
• 'More of a prank really' VS 'He was about to commit a serious crime' Police to Lyons vs Johnstones
• 'You can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut' Eddie
• 'It's just another sign of the times' Mr Lyons
• 'global slump' Mr Lyons
• 'Our Donna Marie's already got three, she's a bit like me that way' Mrs J
• 'I know our Sammy burnt the school down but it's very easily done' Mrs J
• 'O' leave him alone y' big worm' Linda
• 'Stay right where you are Mickey you haven't done anything wrong' Linda
• 'It used to be just sweets and ciggies he gave me' Mickey
• 'There's a girl inside the woman waiting to get free' Narrator