J. August Strindberg

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    I dream, therefore I exist.
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)

    Family ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)

    Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak.
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)