Haven't you ever noticed, Hilde, how seductive, how inviting . . . the impossible is? - Henrik Ibsen

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

But our home's been nothing but a playpen. I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa's doll-child. And in turn the children have been my dolls. I thought it fun when you played with me, just as they thought it fun when I played with them. That's been our marriage, Torvald.

Torvald: I would gladly work night and day for you, Nora — bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrifice his honour for the one he loves.
Nora: But hundreds of thousands of women have done!