The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

To live is to war with trolls.

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.

There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.

There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.

A friend married is a friend lost.

Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.