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Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
Henrik Ibsen
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Henrik Ibsen
Age: 78 †
Born: 1828
Born: March 20
Died: 1906
Died: May 23
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NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I'm to get to know myself and the world outside. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.
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The greatest victory is defeat.
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Nobody can put a character on paper without - at any rate in part and at times - sitting as a model for it himself.
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I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
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To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr he must first Will his own execution.
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It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
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You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
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In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
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The strong must learn to be lonely.
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What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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The majority never has right on its side.
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If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.
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