332 Quotes by Henrik Ibsen

It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life

You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.

To live is to war with trolls.

What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?

He last, late guestTo the gate we followed;Goodbye – and the restThe night-wind swallowed. House, garden, street,Lay tenfold gloomy,Where accents sweetHad made music to me. It was but a feastWith the dark coming on;She was but a guest –And now, she is gone.

Live, work, act. Don’t sit here and brood.

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.

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.

You arranged everything according to your own taste, and so I got the same tastes as you - or else I pretended to. I am really not quite sure which - I think sometimes the one and sometimes the other.