A Doll's House

by Henrik Ibsen

Mrs. Linde. Still I think the sick are those who most need taking care of. Rank (shrugging his shoulders). Yes, there you are. That is the sentiment that is turning Society into a sick-house.

Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.

All my life, as long as I can remember, I have worked, and it has been my greatest and only pleasure. But now I am quite alone in the world—my life is so dreadfully empty and I feel so forsaken. There is not the least pleasure in working for one’s self.

You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

Helmer. Not—not happy! Nora. No, only merry.

But no man would sacrifice his honour for the one he loves. Nora. It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.