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. -August Strindberg Friendship
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. -August Strindberg Pet
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. -August Strindberg Happiness
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. -August Strindberg Dad
Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy. -August Strindberg Nature