Family . . . the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“CAPTAIN. Well, you dear, have I forgotten it? You have been like a mother to me, and always have stood by me… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“Now you have fulfilled your function as an unfortunately necessary father and breadwinner, you are not needed any longer and you must… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“Oh, it is sweet to sleep against a woman’s breast, a mother’s, or a mistress’s, but the mother’s is sweetest. LAURA.” — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“The mother was your friend, you see, but the woman was your enemy, and love between the sexes is strife. Do not… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“MOTHER. Is he mad, or a rascal? LADY. He's neither. He's no ordinary man; and it's a pity I can tell him… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“I saved your father from destitution, and he rewarded me with all the terrible hatred that a debt of gratitude breeds… he… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“LAURA. Because the mother is closer to the child, as it has been discovered that no one can tell for a certainty… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“NURSE. There, there, there. A father has something besides his child, but a mother has nothing but her child. CAPTAIN.” — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
Not everyone is capable of madness; and of those lucky enough to be capable, not many have the courage for it. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
When aristocrats pretend they're common people -- they get common! — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“It appears from these letters that for some time past you have been arraying my old friends against me by spreading reports about my… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and place do not exist; on a significant bases of reality, the imagination spins, weaving… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“LAWYER. Justice that destroys itself in seeking to be just!— — —Right, that so often fosters wrong!!! DAUGHTER” — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“CAPTAIN. Well, you dear, have I forgotten it? You have been like a mother to me, and always have stood by me when I… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“My daughter became my enemy when she had to choose between me and you. And you, my wife, you have been my archenemy, because… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
