dolls house

• the squanderbird's a pretty little creature, but she gets through an awful lot of money. its incredible what an expensive pet she is for a man to keep

  -torvald, page 26
• i can play with the children, i can fill the house with pretty things, just the way torvald likes

  -nora, page 37
• has my little sweet-tooth been indulging herself in town today, by any chance?

  -torvald, page 27
• so little miss independent's in trouble and needs a man to rescue her, does she?

  -torvald, page 52
• wonderful but wasn't it nice of me to give in to you?

  -nora

  [takes her chin in his hand] nice - to give in to your husband?

  -torvald, page 60
• im going to look so pretty for you torvald

  -nora, page 75
• you see how much i need you

  -nora, page 78
• my little child shall have her way

  she just gets scared like a child sometimes

  -torvald, page 78
• but dreadfully stubborn she is, bless her pretty little heart. would you believe i practically had to use force to get her away

  -torvald, page 84
• leave me torvald! get away from me! i font walt all this

  -nora

  aren't i your husband?

  -torvald, page 88
• never see him again. never see the children again. goodbye torvald. goodbye my darlings.

  -nora, page 92
• you have loved me how a wife should love her husband. it was simply that in your inexperience you chose the wrong means

  -torvald, page 95
• we have been married for eight years. does it occur to you that this is the first time we two, you and i, man and wife, have ever had a serious conversation

  -nora, page 97
• ive been your doll-wife, just as i used to be papa's doll-child. and the children have been my dolls. i used to think it was fun when you cam in and played with me, just as they think it's fun when i go in and play games with them. that's all our marriage has been torvald

  -nora, page 98
• that is why i am leaving you

  -nora, page 99
• can you neglect your most sacred duties? your duties towards your husband and your children

  -torvald

  i have another duty which is equally as sacred. a duty towards myself

  -nora, page 100
• you mustn't feel bound to me in any way however small, just as i shall not feel bound to you. we must both be quite free. here is your ring back

  -nora, page 103