Henrik Ibsen - Hedda Gabler

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It's a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.

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Back he'll come... With vine leaves in his hair. Flushed and confident.

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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.

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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.

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Oh courage... oh yes! If only one had that... Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.

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Mrs. Elvsted: You have some hidden motive in this, Hedda!
Hedda: Yes, I have. I want for once in my life to have power to mold a human destiny.
Mrs. Elvsted: Have you not the power?
Hedda: I have not—and never had it.
Mrs. Elvsted: Not your husband's?
Hedda: Do you think it's worth the trouble? Oh, if only you could understand how poor I am. And fate has made you so rich!

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Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.

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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 system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.

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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.

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Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.

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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.

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