The greatest victory is defeat.

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

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrafice his honor for the one he loves. Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

Helmer: "Before all else you are a wife and a mother." Nora: "That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being."

Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.