- The simile: The journey of life = the journey on a train.
H.: One doesn't usually jump out of the compartment.
No, not when the train is moving.
Nor stand still when it is stationary. There's always someone on the platform, staring in.
- Hedda: Dream of a scandal—yes, I understand that well enough. But commit one—no, no, no.
- Løvborg: Now I understand. My ideal was an illusion. You aren't a bit better than I. Now I have nothing left to live for. Except pleasure—dissipation—as you call it…Wait, here's a present (The pistol)
- Tesman is nearsighted. Wears glasses. My, what a beautiful rose! Then he stuck his nose in the cactus. Ever since then—!
- NB: The mutual hatred of women. Women have no influence on external matters of government. Therefore they want to have an influence on souls. And then so many of them have no aim in life (the lack thereof is inherited)—…
- Men and women don't belong to the same century.…What a great prejudice that one should love only one!…
- The demoniacal element in Hedda is this: She wants to exert her influence on someone—But once she has done so, she despises him.…The manuscript?
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