Creative Quotations from . . .
J. August Strindberg
(1849-1912) born on
Jan 22
Swedish "playwright, novelist, short-story writer". "He combined psychology and Naturalism in a new kind of European drama that evolved into Expressionist drama, e.g. "The Father," 1887."
         
   
F
People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life -- to learn something is a joy to me."

R
"Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love."
A
"In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend."
N
I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.
K
Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
R: "The Son of a Servant, vol. 1 (1886; tr. 1913)."
A: "Captain Adolf, in The Father, act 3, sc. 7."
N: "A Madman's Defense, pt. 4, ch. 10 (1968)."
K: "The Son of a Servant (1886; tr. by Claud Field, 1913, p.132)."
   



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