AIC Quotes Flashcards
“You’re just the kind of
Mr Birling
son-in-law I always wanted”
“I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical
Mr Birling
man of business… there isn’t a chance of war”
“… unsinkable,
Mr Birling
absolutely unsinkable”
“…might find my way
Mr Birling
into the next Honours list”
“I was almost certain
Mr Birling
for a knighthood”
“…a man has to make his own way – has to look
Mr Birling
after himself… community and all that nonsense”
“I can’t accept
Mr Birling
any responsibility”
“It’s my duty to
Mr Birling
keep labour costs down”
“She’d had a lot to say
Mr Birling
– far too much – so she had to go”
“How do you get on with our
Mr Birling
Chief Constable, Colonel Roberts?”
“Probably a Socialist or
Mr Birling
some sort of crank”
“The famous younger generation who
Mr Birling
know it all. And they can’t even take a joke-”
“When you’re married you’ll realize that men with important work to
Mrs Birling
do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business”
“You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor
Mrs Birling
only two years ago and that he’s still a magistrate”
“I’m very sorry. But I think
Mrs Birling
she had only herself to blame”
“Unlike the other three, I did
Mrs Birling
nothing I’m ashamed of”
Go and look for the father of
Mrs Birling
the child. It’s his responsibility”
“She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples
Mrs Birling
that were simply absurd in a girl in her position”
“I accept no blame at all”; “I blame
Mrs Birling
the young man who was the father of the child”
“You’re not the type
Mrs Birling
you don’t get drunk”
“I was the only one
Mrs Birling
of you who didn’t give in to him”
“Don’t be
Sheila
an ass, Eric”
“I’ve been so happy tonight.
Sheila
Oh I wish you hadn’t told me”
“I think it was a mean thing to do.
Sheila
Perhaps that spoilt everything for her”
“These girls aren’t cheap
Sheila
labour. They’re people”
“I’ll never, never do it again
Sheila
to anybody… I feel I can never go there again”
“Why – you fool – he knows.
Sheila
Of course he knows”
“He’s been steadily drinking too
Sheila
much for the past two years”
“I don’t dislike you as I did half an hour ago, Gerald. In fact, in some odd way,
Sheila
I rather respect you more than I’ve ever done before”
“You and I aren’t the same people
Sheila
who sat down to dinner here”
“Mother, I think it was
Sheila
cruel and vile” (Earlier “Mummy”)
“You’re beginning to pretend all over again
Sheila
that nothing much has happened”
“He could have kept her on
Eric
instead of throwing her out”
“I’ve had a few drinks
Eric
including rather a lot of champagne”
“I was in that state
Eric
when a chap easily gets nasty”
“I didn’t even remember
Eric
that’s the hellish thing”
“She didn’t want me to marry her
Eric
In a way, she treated me as if I were a kid”
“I got it – from the office
Eric
I intended to pay it back”
“…you’re not the kind of father
Eric
a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”
“…my child – your own grandchild – you
Eric
killed them both – damn you, damn you”
“You lot may be letting yourself out
Eric
nicely, but I can’t… we did her in all right”
“You couldn’t have done
Gerald
anything else” (To Mr B on firing “ringleaders”)
“I think Miss Birling ought to be
Gerald
excused any more of this questioning”
“Sorry – I – well, I’ve suddenly realized
Gerald
– taken it in properly – that she’s dead”
“I didn’t install here there
Gerald
so that I could make love to her”
“I didn’t feel about her
Gerald
as she felt about me”
“She told me she’d been happier
Gerald
than she’d ever been before”
“What girl? There were probably
Gerald
four or five different girls”
“Everything’s all right now, Sheila
Gerald
What about this ring?”
“Burnt her inside out…
she was in great agony”
“What happened to her…
a chain of events”
“It’s better to ask for
the earth than to take it”
“There are a lot of young women living that sort of existence
in every city and big town in this country”
“We have to share something. If there’s
nothing else, we’ll have to share our guilt”
“She felt there’d never be
anything as good again for her”
“Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities
as well as privileges”
“She needed not only money but advice, sympathy,
friendliness… you slammed the door in her face”
“…each of you helped to kill her.
Remember that. Never forget it”
“There are millions and millions and millions of
Eva Smiths and John Smiths”
“We are members
of one body”.
“If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught
it in fire and blood and anguish”.
