Character Quote by Henrik Ibsen

“Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.”

Henrik Ibsen

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Each bird must sing with his own throat.

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I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.

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