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.
HENRIK IBSENThe strongest men are the most alone.
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Oh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
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Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.
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The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man’s law, as though she were not a woman but a man.
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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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Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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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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What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
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The greatest victory is defeat.
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Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrafice his honor for the one he loves. Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.
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The strongest men are the most alone.
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