And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!.

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 s….

One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom..

An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty's sake..

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..

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..

To live is to war with trolls..

I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority.

In great memories there lies the seed of growth..

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..

You don't get nothing for nothing in this life..

...every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs..

Oh yes, right—right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?.

Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world..

The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time..

Nobody can put a character on paper without - at any rate in part and at times - sitting as a model for it himself..

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

The old terms must be invented with new meaning and given new explanations. Liberty, equality, and fraternity are no longer what they were in the day….

I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right..

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..

The younger generation will come knocking at my door..