"In the circumstances I think I was justified" p46
Mrs Birling 2
"But I accept no blame for it at all" p47
Mrs Birling 3
"Make sure that he is compelled to confess in public his responsibility" p48
Mr Birling 1
"There's every excuse for what your mother and I did" p57
Mr Birling 2
"Well I only did what any employer would have done" p37
Mr Birling 3
"A man has to make his own way - has to look after himself - and his family too" p9
Sheila 1
(bitterly) "I suppose we're all nice people now" p63
Sheila 2
"I know I'm to blame - and I'm desperately sorry - but I can't believe - I won't believe - it's simply my fault" p29
Sheila 3
(miserably) "So I'm really responsible?"
Eric 1
"We weren't supposed to take any notice of these cranks who tell us everyone has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together" p58
Eric 2
"You lot may be letting yourselves out nicely, but I can't" p68
Eric 3
"The fact remains that I did what I did" p64
Gerald 1
"She didn't blame me at all. I wish to God she had now. Perhaps I'd feel better about it" p39
Gerald 2
"I became at once the most important person in her life - you understand?" p37