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Responsibility “In the circumstances I think I was justified.”- Mrs Birling
“I accept no blame for it at all.”- Mrs Birling
“Make sure that he is compelled to confess in public his responsibility.”-
Mrs Birling
“There’s every excuse for what your mother and I did.”- Mr Birling
“Well I only did what any employer would have done.”- Mr Birling
"A man has to make his own way - has to look after himself"- Mr Birling
“I suppose we’re all nice people now.”- Sheila
"I know I'm to blame - and I'm desperately sorry”- Sheila
“I won't believe - it's simply my fault"- Sheila
"You lot may be letting yourselves out nicely, but I can't"- Eric
"The fact remains that I did what I did"- Eric
"She didn't blame me at all. I wish to God she had now. Perhaps I'd feel
better about it"- Gerald
"I became at once the most important person in her life - you
understand?" – Gerald
"I didn't ask for anything in return"- Gerald
"If there's nothing else, we'll share our guilt"- Inspector
"We are all beds of one body. We are responsible for each other." –
Inspector
“You made her pay a heavy price for that. And now she'll make you pay a
heavier price"- Inspector
Age "Just keep quiet Eric, and don't get exited"- Mr Birling
'Well, I don't blame you. But don't forget I'm ashamed of you as well - yes
both of you "- Eric
"That's something this public school-and-Varsity life you've had doesn't
seem to teach you."- Mr Birling
"He's only a boy"- Mrs Birling
"I'd hate you to know all about port like one of these purple faced old
men "- Sheila
"These girls aren't cheap labour, they're people"- Sheila
"Hysterical young fool..."- Mr Birling
Gender " I think Sheila and I had better go into the drawing room and leave you
men."- Mrs Birling
"Now just be quiet, so your father can decide what we ought to do."- Mrs
Birling
"She'd had a lot to say - far too much - so she had to go. "- Mr Birling
"Clothes mean something different to women, a sort of sign or token of
their self-respect."- Mr Birling
"She was a lively, good looking girl - country bred - I fancy."- Mr Birling
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