When I was at home with papa, he told me his opinion about everything, and so I had the same opinions; and if I differed from him I concealed the fact, because he would not have liked it. He called me his doll-child, and he played with me just as I used to play with my dolls. Henrik Ibsen
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  1. You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
  2. To live is to war with trolls.
  3. A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.
  4. I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
  5. It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
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