| Quote |
Character |
Act |
| “No, thank you, Mr Birling. I’m on duty.” |
Inspector Goole |
Act One |
| “It’s my duty to ask questions.” |
Inspector Goole |
Act One |
| “Well it’s my duty to keep labour costs down” |
Mrs Birling |
Act One |
| “That’s something I have to find out.” |
Inspector Goole |
Act One |
| “I’m trying to tell the truth. I expect you’ve done thighs you’re ashamed of too.” |
Sheila Birling |
Act One |
| “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.” |
Sheila Birling |
Act One |
| “Apologize for what – doing my duty?” |
Inspector Goole |
Act Two |
| “Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.” |
Inspector Goole |
Act Two |
| “I consider I did my duty.” / “I consider it your duty.” |
Mrs Birling |
Act Two |
| “That’s what I meant when I talked about building up a wall that’s sure to be knocked flat. It makes it all the harder to bear.” |
Sheila Birling |
Act Two |
| “[rather wildly, with laugh]: No he’s giving us rope – so that we’ll hang ourselves.” |
Sheila Birling |
Act Two |
| “You gave yourself away at once." |
Inspector Goole |
Act Two |
| “You told her. Why, you little sneak!” |
Eric Birling |
Act Three |
| “I understand a lot of things now I didn’t understand before.” |
Mr Birling |
Act Three |
| “I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can.” |
Mr Birling |
Act Three |
| “trying not to face the facts” |
Sheila Birling |
Act Three |
| "That’s what’s important – and not whether a man is a police inspector or not.” |
Sheila Birling |
Act Three |
| “Was it a hoax?” |
Gerald Croft |
Act Three |
| “I don’t see much nonsense about it when a girl goes and kills herself.” |
Eric Birling |
Act Three |
| “The whole damned thing can have been a piece of bluff!” |
Mr Birling |
Act Three |
| “No police enquiry. No one girl that all this happens to. No scandal” |
Mr Birling |
Act Three |
| “Proof positive! The whole story’s just been a lot of moonshine.” |
Mr Birling |
Act Three |
| “If it didn’t end tragically, then that’s lucky for us.” |
Sheila Birling |
Act Three |
| “whoever that Inspector was, it was anything but a joke... You began to learn something. And now you’ve stopped.” |
Sheila Birling |
Act Three |
