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“Å, personlighet – han! Hvis han noensinne har hatt ansats til den slags abnormiteter som De kaller personlighet, så er både røttene og trevlene blitt grundig ekstirpert allerede i gutteårene; det kan jeg forsikre Dem.”

Personality Lack Of Self

Book:The Wild Duck

Source: The Wild Duck

“I am afraid, Torvald, I do not exactly know what religion is. ... When I am away from all this, and am alone, I will look into that matter too. I will see if what the clergyman said is true, or at all events if it is true for me.”

Book:A Doll's House

Source: A Doll's House

“Når begynder ansvarsvægten av ens arvelodd fra slægten?”

Sins Of The Fathers

Book:Brand

Source: Brand

“...jeg synes, det udtryk høres smukt. Jeg kommer altid til at tænke paa kirsebær, røde, silkefløjlsbroderier - noget som er delikat at stryge nedover.”

Syphilis Brain Infection

Author:Henrik Ibsen

“Nicht Mord. Nicht Diebstahl, Raub oder nächtlicher Einbruch – auch Meineid nicht. Denn das alles sind ja Dinge, die man meist Leuten antut, die man haßt oder die einem gleichgültig sind und einen nichts angehen. […] Das Infamste von allem – das ist, wenn der Freund das Vertrauen des Freundes missbraucht.”

Book:John Gabriel Borkman

Source: John Gabriel Borkman

“Borkman: Dann haben wir uns gegenseitig etwas vorgemacht. Und uns selber haben wir vielleicht auch etwas vorgemacht – beide. Foldal: Ja, John Gabriel, aber ist das denn nicht im Grunde das Wesen der Freundschaft? Borkman (lächelt bitter): Doch, doch, lügen und betrügen – das ist Freundschaft. Da hast du recht. Diese Erfahrung habe ich schon einmal in meinem Leben gemacht.”

Book:John Gabriel Borkman

Source: John Gabriel Borkman

“Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt. (A Doll's House, act 1)”

Debt Mortgage Happiness In Life Housing Crisis Debt Bondage

Book:Plays 1: A Doll's House/Emperor and Galilean/John Gabriel Borkman/When We Dead Awaken

Source: Plays 1: A Doll's House/Emperor and Galilean/John Gabriel Borkman/When We Dead Awaken

“Fru Linde: "Man må jo leve, herr doktor." Rank: "Ja det er jo den almindelige mening at det skal være så nødvendig.”

Death Realism Cost Of Living A Doll S House

Book:A Doll's House

Source: A Doll's House

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Book:The Best Known Works of Henrik Ibsen: Hedda Gabler • Ghosts • An Enemy of the People • A Doll's House • The League of Youth • The Wild Duck • The Master Builder • Pillars of Society • Rosmersholm • Peer Gynt • Brand

Source: The Best Known Works of Henrik Ibsen: Hedda Gabler • Ghosts • An Enemy of the People • A Doll's House • The League of Youth • The Wild Duck • The Master Builder • Pillars of Society • Rosmersholm • Peer Gynt • Brand

“A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.”

Inspirational Action

Author:Henrik Ibsen

“But our home has never been anything but a playroom. I've been your doll-wife, just as I used to be papa's doll-child. And the children have been my dolls. I used to think it was fun when you came in and played with me, just as they think it's fun when I go in and play games with them. That's all our marriage has been, Torvald.”

Marriage Feminism Patriarchy

Book:The Best of Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House / Hedda Gabler / Ghosts / An Enemy of the People / The Wild Duck / Peer Gynt

Source: The Best of Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House / Hedda Gabler / Ghosts / An Enemy of the People / The Wild Duck / Peer Gynt

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