“If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone.”

— Henrik Ibsen

Nora Helmer, Act III
A Doll's House (1879)
Context: If I'm ever to reach any understanding of myself and the things around me, I must learn to stand alone. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.

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Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet 1828–1906

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