Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from All My Sons.
Guilt and Blame Quotes
Keller: She thinks he's coming back, Chris. You marry that girl and you're pronouncing him dead. Now what's going to happen to Mother. Do you know? I don't. (1.208)
Wealth Quotes
The house is two stories high and had seven rooms. It would have cost perhaps fifteen thousand in the early twenties when it was built. (1.1)
Justice and Judgment Quotes
Mother: Stop that, Bert. Go home. [Bert backs up, as she advances.] There's no jail here. (1.318)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
Chris: We've made a terrible mistake with Mother… being dishonest with her. That kind of thing always pays off, and now it's paying off Keller: What do you mean, dishonest? Chris: You know La...
Morality and Ethics Quotes
Jim: I would love to help humanity on a Warner Brothers salary. (1.57)
Memory and the Past Quotes
Frank: Larry was born in August. He'd been twenty-seven this month. And his tree blows down. (1.30)
Family Quotes
Bert: Tommy said another dirty word to Doris yesterday, and you didn't even demote him. Keller: [he chuckles and winks at Chris, who is enjoying all this.] Yeah, that's a dangerous character, that...
Courage Quotes
Keller: Don't look at me like that, he didn't tell me any more than he told you. (1.286)