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To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.

Henrik Ibsen

Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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Serious Sin Yourself
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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Character Mindset Myself Soul Wrinkle Writing
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
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Agony Death Execution Himself Willing
To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.
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Heart Judgement Live Oneself Sit Troll War Writing
Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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Freedom Health Myself Writing
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.
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Adventure Alive Risk Yourself
The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
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Finding Heart Himself Man Please
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
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
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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Frame Judgement Man Point Present Society System View Woman
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
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Happiness Himself Life Man
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
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
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there’s no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it’s an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
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Agreement Confidence Forgiveness Marriage Myself

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