August Strindberg

“I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.”

“When I am lonely I am not alone.”

“What is class="highlight">economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the lower class.”

“There are no accidents. What we call chance is the logic of God.”

“I pity mankind.”

“Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.”

“I find the joy of life in the fierce and ruthless battles of life.”

“Yes, I have been to heaven and it is not a place but a state of mind.”

“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.”

“I am a socialist, a nihilist, a republican, anything that is anti-reactionary.”

“All my life I have sought the hands of a friend, but I have never found them.”

“Life makes us evil. We are all born good.”

“Art cannot be democratic. It is not for the people.”

“My soul is a conglomeration of the souls of all the people I've met.”