Henrik Ibsen

"In that second it dawned on me that I had been living here for eight years with a strange man and had borne him three children."

"It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians."

"Really to sin you have to be serious about it."

"A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed."

"Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too."

"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."

"In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That’s a thought I’ll never endure! Never."