Sheila Birling

• "He means that I'm getting hysterical now"
• "Be careful you don't ask for more Gerald"
• "And if you really loved me, you couldn't have said that"
• "And now you've made up in your mind I must obviously be a selfish, vindictive creature"
• "(distressed) Don't please - I know, I know - and I can't stop thinking about it-"
• "And I know I'm to blame - and i'm desperately sorry"
• "i'm afraid you'll say or do something that you'll be sorry for afterwards"
• "You mustn't try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl"
• "But, mother, do stop before it's too late"
• "(rather wildly, with laugh) No, he's giving us the rope - so that we'll hang ourselves"
• "And probably between between us we killed her"
• "Of course mother. It was obvious from the start. Go on, Gerald. Don't mind mother"
• "And I'm not a child don't forget"
• "(with sharp sarcasm).... You were the wonderful fairy prince. You must have loved it Gerald"
• "Don't interfere, please, father. Gerald knows what I mean, and you apparently don't"
• "And can't you see, both of you, that you're making it worse"
• "(horrified) No! Oh - horrible - horrible! How could she have wanted to kill herself"
• "(With feeling) Mother, I think it was cruel and vile"
• "(with sudden alarm) Mother - stop - stop!"