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

To live is to war with trolls.

People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.

Mrs LINDE: When you've sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don't do it second time.

Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.

To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.