Inspector calls quotes Flashcards
The Germans don’t want war. … Everything to lose and nothing to gain by war
Mr Birling
A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own
Mr Birling
But these girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people
Sheila
She’d had a lot to say – far too much – so she had to go
Mr Birling
A friend of mine went over this new liner last week - the Titanic - she sails next week - forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - forty-six thousand eight hundred tons - New York in five days - and every luxury - and unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.
Mr Birling
… what happened to her then may have determined what happened to her afterwards, and what happened to her afterwards may have driven her to suicide. A chain of events.
Inspector
Why - you fool - he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see. She looks at him almost in triumph.
Sheila
We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.
Inspector
“Lower costs and higher prices
Mr Birling
No, that’s no use. You not only knew her but you knew her very well. Otherwise, you wouldn’t look so guilty about it.
Sheila
I don’t dislike you as I did half an hour ago, Gerald. In fact, in some odd way, I rather respect you more than I’ve ever done before.
Sheila
If you think you can bring any pressure to bear on me, Inspector, you’re quite mistaken. Unlike the other three, I did nothing I’m ashamed of or that won’t bear investigation.
Sybil Birling
“I’ll never, never do it again to anybody…I feel now I can never go there again”
Sheila
“she didn’t want me to marry her. Said I didn’t love her- and all that. In a way, she treated me- as if I were a kid. Though I was nearly as old as she was.”
Eric
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble- that’s why.”
Eric
“Then- you killed her. She came to you to protect me- and you turned her away-yes, and you killed her-and the child she’d have had too- my child- your own grandchild- you killed them both- damn you, damn you-”
Eric
“After all, y’know, we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
Gerald
“She told me she’d been happier than she’d ever been before”
Gerald
“Need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”
Inspector
“But remember this. One Eva Smith has gone- but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, and what we think and say and d
Inspector
