It's a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet po…

Henrik Ibsen
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It's a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty. ✨ Henrik Ibsen, James Walter McFarlane, Graham Orton (1966). The Oxford Ibsen: The lady from the sea. Hedda Gabler. The master builder
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It's a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty. ✨ Henrik Ibsen, James Walter McFarlane, Graham Orton (1966). The Oxford Ibsen: The lady from the sea. Hedda Gabler. The master builder

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