Brighton Rock key quotes - Part two

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The word murder conveyed no more to him than
the word 'box', 'collar', 'giraffe'
1 of 17
Vitriol
Sulphuric acid
2 of 17
What's vitriol?
Rose - shows her naivety
3 of 17
One hand caessed the vitriol bottle in his
pocket, the other touched Rose's wrist
4 of 17
His fingers
pinched her wrist - Pinkie to Rose
5 of 17
The old days with nails and splinters:
the tricks he'd learnt with a razor blade - Pinkie
6 of 17
Agnus dei qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem
lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, give us peace
7 of 17
Below the organ, the smell of
incense and laundered surplices
8 of 17
Of course there's
hell. Flames and damnation
9 of 17
He had no dreams his
sleep was functional - delineated, he is sub-human and exists rather than lives
10 of 17
The
Cosmopolitan
11 of 17
He had too much
pride to worry about appearances
12 of 17
chink, chink, chink
of ice - pride being attacked
13 of 17
They rose angelically
towards peace - ironic as not angels
14 of 17
I don't
smoke
15 of 17
There was poison
in his veins
16 of 17
He trailed the clouds of
his own glory after him
17 of 17

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Card 2

Front

Vitriol

Back

Sulphuric acid

Card 3

Front

What's vitriol?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

One hand caessed the vitriol bottle in his

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

His fingers

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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