An Inspector Calls Flashcards
“lower costs and higher prices”
“there isn’t a chance of war”
“unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable”
“as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense”
“(somewhat impatiently) Look - there’s nothing mysterious - or scandalous - about this business”
“(imitating the Inspector in his final speech) You all helped to kill her. (pointing at Sheila and Eric and laughing)”
“I can’t help thinking about this girl - destroying herself so horribly - and I’ve been so happy tonight.”
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people”
“and I’ll never, never do it again to anybody”
“And don’t lets start dodging and pretending now”
“I hate those hard-eyed dough faced women”
“I hate those hard-eyed dough faced women”
“I didn’t install her there to make love to her […] I suppose it was inevitable”
“I didn’t feel about her as she felt about me.”
“Everything’s all right now, Sheila. (Holds up the ring) What about this ring?”
“We’ve done a great deal of useful work in helping deserving cases”
“I’m very sorry. But I think she only had herself to blame.”
“I consider I did my duty”
“men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business. You’ll have to get used to that, just as I had.”
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?”
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty - and I threatened to make a row.”
“And I didn’t even remember - that’s the hellish thing. Oh - my God!”
“the fact remains that I did what I did.”
“He creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness”
“it is better to ask for the Earth than to take it”
“We don’t live alone. 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.”
“girls of that class”
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything- but I liked her- she was pretty and a good sport-“
“there are millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths”
“died in misery and agony - hating life”
