Theme Quotes Flashcards
(13 cards)
Quote
Speaker
Community and all that nonsense… A man has to mind his own business…
Mr. Birling
He creates at once an impression of massiveness…
Stage Direction (Inspector)
It’s my duty to keep labour costs down.
Mr. Birling
We’re respectable citizens and not criminals.
Gerald
If she’d been some miserable plain little creature…
Gerald
We have to share something… we’ll have to share our guilt.
Inspector Goole
Girls of that class…
Mrs. Birling
She called herself Mrs. Birling… that prejudiced me against her case.
Mrs. Birling
I wasn’t in love with her… she was pretty and a good sport.
Eric
We are members of one body… if men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.
Inspector Goole
It’s still the same rotten story whether it’s been told to a police inspector or to somebody else.
Sheila
Everything’s all right now, Sheila… What about this ring? / No, not yet. I must think.
Gerald and Sheila
