I believe that before anything else I'm a human being -- just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them.

But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.

Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.

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.

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

The man-at-arms is the only man.

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