“Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for Enjoyment as though Enjoyment consisted in being foolish. I find enjoyment in the powerful and terrible struggles of life; and the capability of experiencing something, of learning something, gives me pleasure.”–August Strindberg, quoted in Otto Heller's Prophets of Dissent
From: http://www.notable-quotes.com/s/strindberg_august.html
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