Blood Brothers: High Utility Quotes
Quote / Social Class & Wealth / Fate & Superstition / Childhood & Growing Up / Friendship / Identity & Nature vs. Nurture / Gender / Education / Mrs.Johnstone / Mr.Mrs. Lyons / Edward / Mickey / The Narrator / Sammy / Linda“so did y’ hear the story of the Johnstone twins' (5)
Me husband, he’d walked out on me, A month or two ago, For a girl they say who looks a bit like Marilyn Monroe.”(6)
“listen , love, I’m up to here with hard-luck stories’ (6)
“Actually, Mrs J, we bought such a large house for the – for the children – we though children would come along” (8)
“Already you’re being threatened by the welfare people” (12)
“A garden to play in” vs. “the neighbours complainin’.” (13)
“I must have my baby. We made an agreement, a bargain. You swore on the bargain” (18)
“The house is your domain. Look, Jen, I’ve got a board meeting” (21)
“You won’t tell anyone about this, Mrs Johnstone, because if you do, you will kill them” (23)
“Pissed off. You say smashing things, don’t you?” (28)
“Do you wanna be my blood brother, Eddie?” (30)
“There’s no such thing as a bogey man. It’s a – superstition.” (35)
“Because, because you’re not the same as him. You’re not, do you understand?” (36)
Lindamoves in to protect Mickey “Well, well, all youse lot swear, so you’ll go to hell with him” (41)
“It’s just…it’s these people…these people that Edward has started mixing with. They’re…they’re drawing him away from me.” (45)
“Now you know the devil’s got your number” (45)
“Serious crime, love” vs. “More of a prank, really.” (47-48)
“Fuck off (He produces a knife) Now move, Move! Give me the bag” (64)
“I don’t care who knows, I just love you. I love you!” (65)
“But you don’t listen, do you, Johnstone?” vs. “Talk of Oxbridge” (67)
“I know, but I still can’t tell you. It’s just a secret, everybody has secrets, don’t you have secrets?” (69)
“Wish that I could score a hit like, And be just a little bit like.That guy” (72)
MRS. L: I curse the day I met you. MRS. L: I curse you. Witch! (79)
“And only if the three of them could stay like that for ever” (83)
“Take a letter Miss Jones… sign of the times” (88-90)
“Why, why is a job so important?” (92)
“In your shoes I’d be the same, I’d still be able to be a kid. But I’m not in your shoes” (93)
“I’ve always loved you, you must have known that” (93)
“Listen, it’s not a toy, y’know… We’re not playing games” (95)
“I didn’t soryanythin’ out Linda” “That’s why I take them. So I can be invisible” (100)
EDWARD laughs, grabbing LINDA jokingly. Their smiles fade as they look at each other. Suddenly they kiss.(102)
You know the devil's got your number, You know he's right beside you, He's screamin' deep inside you, And someone said he's callin' your number up today Today.Today. TODAY! (104)
“(He stands glaring…almost uncontrollable with rage): I could have been…I could have been him!” (106)
“And do we blame superstition on what has come to pass? Or could it be what we English have come to know as class?” (107)