August Strindberg Quotes

I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life.

I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form.

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

Growing old - it's not nice but it's interesting.

Those who won't accept evil never get anything good.

He liked the girls, liked to hold them around the waist, felt like a man when he did. But as for talking with them, no, no! Then he felt as though he were dealing with another species of human being, in some cases a higher one, in others a lower. He secretly admired the weak, pale, little girl and had picked her to be his wife. That was still the only way he could think of a woman - as a wife. He danced in a very chaste and proper manner, but he heard awful stories about his pals, stories he didn't understand until later. They could dance the waltz backwards around the room in a very indecent way, and they told naughty stories about the girls.

There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.

You do much worse things- you who can see to other planets."- Bertha, "The Father