Quote by: August Strindberg

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.


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Author Bio


  • NameAugust Strindberg
  • DescriptionSwedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter
  • AliasesJohan August Strindberg
  • BornJanuary 22, 1849
  • DiedMay 14, 1912
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Writer; Poet; Photographer; Librarian; Painter; Novelist; Autobiographer
  • WorksThe Red Room; The Father; Miss Julie; Inferno; To Damascus; A Dream Play