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To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind

Henrik Ibsen

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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Circumstance Decision Moments Victory
When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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Sold Time Value Yourself
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories
It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.
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Action Dare Game Happiness Winning
I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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Acceptance Answer Finding Myself Preparation Try
Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be Ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sand of the sea. We are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light.
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Country Ghost Light Myself Newspaper
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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Character Himself Modeling Rate
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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Doubt Ground Stand Yourself
Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.
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Fear Friendship Restriction
It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.
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Beginning Pick Understand Yourself
Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.
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Extreme Mute Opinion Public
I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
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Lying Old Practice Revolution Truth Yourself
Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Different Independent Oneself People Responsibility Sing

To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind

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