Solness Monologue from The Master Builder

From The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen

male · inspirational · 41 sec

(Continues to look at her.) When I told you all this about the fire--h'm-- (HILDA: Well?) Was there not one special thought that you--that you seized upon? (HILDA: No. What thought should that be?) (With subdued emphasis.) It was simply and solely by that fire that I was enabled to build homes for human beings. Cosy, comfortable, bright homes, where father and mother and the whole troop of children can live in safety and gladness, feeling what a happy thing it is to be alive in the world--and most of all to belong to each other--in great things and in small.

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