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A Doll's House
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"A Doll's House" Quotes

"A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen explores the struggle for identity and self-liberation faced by Nora, a housewife in a restrictive and patriarchal society.

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

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The most wonderful thing of all?

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I must take steps to educate myself.

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You are talking like a child. You don't understand the conditions of the world in which you live.

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I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was Papa's doll-child.

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I am going to see if I can make out who is right, the world or I.

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I believe that before all else, I am a human being.

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Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?

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I am not so silly as he thinks.

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I must stand quite alone, if I am to understand myself and everything about me.

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