I wouldn't want to be perfect, I'd bore myself.
Toys, toys, toys for all good little girls and boys.
Hussein. Min historie, herre, er kortelig den:
jeg gjelder for et sandhus og er en penn.
Peer Gynt. Min historie, herr penn, er, i korthet vevet, -
jeg er et papirblad og blir aldri beskrevet.
Hussein. Hva jeg duger til, har menneskene ingen forstand på, alle vil de bruke meg til å strø sand på.
Peer Gynt. Jeg var i en kvinnens eie en sølvspent bok -
det er en og samme trykkfeil å være gal og klok!
Solveig. Før blir I trett av talen å føre, enn jeg av å høre.
Words kill, just as swords do.
You don’t lock up kids you wanna help.
Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.
Glad og sorgløs og kvitrende som en liten fugl flagrer hun inn i livets evige natt.
Når jeg ser tilbake på all din ferd, da er det som om jeg så ut over en slagmark med knuste menneskeskjebner langs alle veiene. - Gregers
Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread gathering dust on a forgotten shelf.
Some things for some people, are not possible.
“It takes courage to admit you are wrong.”
“Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted in an erroneous belief.”
Those whom we love, are often the most alien to us.
You devote yourself to that which you believe to be true but cannot prove. There we must agree to disagree.
A good life is much more important than just having a long life.
(...) one must believe in happiness to be happy.
It is really difficult to tell the truth, and young people are rarely capable of it.
If noone fought except on their own conviction, there would be no war.
People often know what must be done, all you need do is show them the way. That is wisdom.