"John Gabriel Borkman" Quotes
"John Gabriel Borkman" is a dramatic exploration of ambition, pride, and the consequences of moral compromise as a disgraced bank manager confronts his past and fractured family relationships.
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Quotes
There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of – my own self.
Oh, the things one has to put up with – the things one has to endure!
The home is the woman's kingdom, Mr. Borkman.
To live – that is to battle with fiends in darkness – over vast abysses – in the midst of the whirlpool.
The one who loves is always in the inferior position.
You have always been a great man, John Gabriel.
There is something rotten in the state of this house.
But what is the good of that? I have never been anything but a shadow.
There is something in the air here that stifles one.
I am not so easily crushed, John Gabriel.
