Torvald Quotes S1

Cards (25)

  • 'Is that my skylark twittering out there?'
  • "squirrel" "skylark"
  • 'Has my little squanderbird been overspending again?'
  • Takes her playfully by the ear
  • 'What a little spendthrift you are!'
  • 'Nora, how like a women!'
  • 'No debts! Never borrow!'
  • 'A home that is founded on debts and borrowing can never be a place of freedom and beauty.'
  • 'name of that little bird that can never keep any money?'
  • (Puts his arm around her waist). The squanderbird's a pretty little creature, but she gets through an awful lot of money.'
  • 'It's incredible what an expensive pet she is for a man to keep.'
  • 'You're a funny little creature. Just like your father used to be.'
  • 'It is in your blood. Yes, yes, yes, these things are hereditary, Nora.'
  • (wags his finger) Has my little sweet-tooth been indulging herself in town today.'
  • “Your pretty eyes and your delicate little hands”
  • Always on the look out for some way to get money, but as soon as you have any it just runs through your fingers and you never know where it’s gone.”
  • 'you keep your little Christmas secrets to yourself'
    'They'll all be revealed this evening, I've no doubt, once the Christmas tree has been lit.'
  • “A songbird must have a clean beak to sing with. Otherwise she’ll start twittering out of tune”
  • “So little Miss Independent’s in trouble and needs a man to rescue her”
  • “Men often succeed in re-establishing themselves if they admit their crime and take their punishment”
  • “Because an atmosphere of lies contaminates and poisons every corner of the home. Every breath that the children draw in such a house contains the germs of evil.”
  • “Nearly all young criminals are the children of mothers who are constitutional liars”
  • “Morally speaking, he is dead”
  • “I literally feel physically ill in the presence of a man like that”
  • '[Helmer] goes into his study and closes the door.'