Key quotes

• ‘He creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness’
• ‘She’d swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant.’
• ‘She was in great agony.’
• ‘A chain of events.’
• ‘There are a lot of young women living that sort of existence in every city and big town in this country.’
• ‘A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl, who never did anybody any harm.’
• ‘If there’s nothing else, we’ll have to share our guilt.’
• ‘Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.’
• ‘I shall do my duty.’
• ‘Each of you helped to kill her.’
• ‘Remember what you did.’
• ‘There are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths…’
• ‘We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.’
• ‘They will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.’