A DOLL’S HOUSE QUOTES
NORA
‘Here’s a pound… keep it’
‘she tiptoes across and listens at her husband's door’
‘Oh Torvald! don't say such dreadful things!’
‘Very well, Torvald. As you say.’
‘guess what I've got here!’
(turns quickly) ‘Money!’
(quietly gleeful) ‘If you only knew how many expenses we larks and squirrels have, Torvald.’
‘You know I could never act against your wishes’
‘These last eight years have been such a happy time for me!’ (to Christine)
‘You've got a little paler, though, Christine’
‘Poor Christine, you've become a widow.’
‘I meant to write to you… honestly’
‘All alone. How dreadful that must be for you. I've three lovely children’
‘I'm not going to be selfish today… but… have you heard of the wonderful luck we've just
had?’
‘Christine… it's lovely to have heaps of money and not to have to worry about anything’
‘Nora, Nora, haven't you grown up yet?’ (Mrs Linde)
‘Oh God, oh God, Christine, isn't it a wonderful thing to be alive and happy!’
‘Is it really true you didn't love your husband? Why did you marry him then?’
‘Just leave it to me. I'll lead up to it so delicately, so delicately; I'll get him in the right mood.’
‘You know so little of the worries and hardships of life’ (Mrs Linde)
‘You shouldn't say that so patronisingly.’
‘You all think I'm incapable of getting down to anything serious’
, ‘It was I who saved Torvald's life.’
‘When a wife has a little business sense and knows how to be clever’
‘I could have got it from an admirer. When a girl’s as pretty as I am’
‘when it no longer amuses him to see me dance and dress up and play the fool for him. Then
it might be useful to have something up my sleeve’
‘I always bought what was cheapest and plainest. Thank heaven anything suits me… But it
may be a bit sad sometimes, because it's lovely to wear pretty clothes’
‘It was great fun… it was almost like being a man’
‘What do I care about society? I think it's a bore.’
‘I find it very amusing to think that we – I mean Torvald – has obtained so much influence
over so many people’
‘Dr Rank would you like a small macaroon?’
Pops a Macaroon into his mouth
‘I've the most extraordinary longing to say: “Bloody hell!”’
‘Are you mad?’ (Rank)
‘She's mad to come under some really clever man who can teach her even more than she
knows already’
‘My sweet little baby doll!’
‘All undressed myself, Anne Marie… please let me; it's such fun’
‘They hear her half-stifled laughter… great excitement’ (hide and seek)
‘How dare you presume to cross-examine me, Mr Krogstad?’
‘One has a little influence… just because once a woman it doesn't necessarily mean that…
one should think twice before offending someone who-’
‘But, Mr Krogstad, I have no influence!’
‘You're a bold woman, Mrs Helmer.’ (Krogstad)
(almost in tears) ‘This secret that is my pride and my joy… It’d involve me in the most
dreadful unpleasantness’
‘Didn't it occur to you that you were being dishonest towards me?’ (Krogstad)
NORA
‘Here’s a pound… keep it’
‘she tiptoes across and listens at her husband's door’
‘Oh Torvald! don't say such dreadful things!’
‘Very well, Torvald. As you say.’
‘guess what I've got here!’
(turns quickly) ‘Money!’
(quietly gleeful) ‘If you only knew how many expenses we larks and squirrels have, Torvald.’
‘You know I could never act against your wishes’
‘These last eight years have been such a happy time for me!’ (to Christine)
‘You've got a little paler, though, Christine’
‘Poor Christine, you've become a widow.’
‘I meant to write to you… honestly’
‘All alone. How dreadful that must be for you. I've three lovely children’
‘I'm not going to be selfish today… but… have you heard of the wonderful luck we've just
had?’
‘Christine… it's lovely to have heaps of money and not to have to worry about anything’
‘Nora, Nora, haven't you grown up yet?’ (Mrs Linde)
‘Oh God, oh God, Christine, isn't it a wonderful thing to be alive and happy!’
‘Is it really true you didn't love your husband? Why did you marry him then?’
‘Just leave it to me. I'll lead up to it so delicately, so delicately; I'll get him in the right mood.’
‘You know so little of the worries and hardships of life’ (Mrs Linde)
‘You shouldn't say that so patronisingly.’
‘You all think I'm incapable of getting down to anything serious’
, ‘It was I who saved Torvald's life.’
‘When a wife has a little business sense and knows how to be clever’
‘I could have got it from an admirer. When a girl’s as pretty as I am’
‘when it no longer amuses him to see me dance and dress up and play the fool for him. Then
it might be useful to have something up my sleeve’
‘I always bought what was cheapest and plainest. Thank heaven anything suits me… But it
may be a bit sad sometimes, because it's lovely to wear pretty clothes’
‘It was great fun… it was almost like being a man’
‘What do I care about society? I think it's a bore.’
‘I find it very amusing to think that we – I mean Torvald – has obtained so much influence
over so many people’
‘Dr Rank would you like a small macaroon?’
Pops a Macaroon into his mouth
‘I've the most extraordinary longing to say: “Bloody hell!”’
‘Are you mad?’ (Rank)
‘She's mad to come under some really clever man who can teach her even more than she
knows already’
‘My sweet little baby doll!’
‘All undressed myself, Anne Marie… please let me; it's such fun’
‘They hear her half-stifled laughter… great excitement’ (hide and seek)
‘How dare you presume to cross-examine me, Mr Krogstad?’
‘One has a little influence… just because once a woman it doesn't necessarily mean that…
one should think twice before offending someone who-’
‘But, Mr Krogstad, I have no influence!’
‘You're a bold woman, Mrs Helmer.’ (Krogstad)
(almost in tears) ‘This secret that is my pride and my joy… It’d involve me in the most
dreadful unpleasantness’
‘Didn't it occur to you that you were being dishonest towards me?’ (Krogstad)
