Quote 1
MRS. LINDE: "We two need each other." (3.58)
By the end of the play it seems that Christine and Krogstad will have the marriage of shared responsibility that the Helmers aren't able to achieve.
Quote 2
MRS. LINDE: "Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for another's sake, doesn't do it a second time." (3.72)
Mrs. Linde is entering into her new marriage with her personal integrity intact.
Quote 3
MRS. LINDE: "I only feel my life unspeakably empty. No one to live for anymore." (1.143)
Christine seems to be fulfilled by living in service of others, a stereotypical role of women.
Quote 4
MRS. LINDE: "I want to be a mother to someone, and your [Krogstad's] children need a mother." (3.58)
Christine is willingly stepping back into the traditional female role, which her friend Nora forsakes at the end of the play.
Quote 5
MRS. LINDE: "Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for another's sake, doesn't do it a second time." (3.72)
Christine is unwilling to sell herself a second time. Did Nora sell herself in a way when she married Torvald?
Quote 6
MRS. LINDE: "What a difference! Someone to work for and live for—a home to bring comfort into." (3.84)
A Doll's House is often discussed as play that shows the imprisonment of housewives, but Christine is an example of a woman who willingly and joyfully assumes the role.
Quote 7
MRS. LINDE: "What a difference! Someone to work for and live for—a home to bring comfort into." (3.84)
Christine's main objective as a character seems to be finding a new home. To her, home seems to mean having a family to work and care for.
Quote 8
MRS. LINDE: "Nils, I have faith in your real character—I can dare anything together with you." (3.58)
Christine doesn't care about what people say. She stands in stark contrast to Torvald and Krogstad, who are obsessed with reputation.
Quote 9
NORA: "Tell me, is it really true that you did not love your husband? Why did you marry him?"
MRS. LINDE: "My mother was alive then, and was bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide for my two younger brothers; so I did not think I was justified in refusing his offer." (1.136-1.137)
Christine was forced to give up on love in order to save her family.
Quote 10
MRS. LINDE: "Two on the same piece of wreckage would stand a better chance than each on their own." (3.44)
Christine's offer of love is strikingly different from the Helmers' discussion of their affection. Rather than being some idealized version, it's tempered with harsh reality.
Quote 11
MRS. LINDE: "they must have a complete understanding between them, which is impossible with all this concealment and falsehood going on." (3.78)
Christine seems to hope that the truth will heal the Helmers' marriage, when in fact it destroys it.
Quote 12
MRS. LINDE: "You must not forget that I had a helpless mother and two little brothers. We couldn't wait for you, Nils; your prospects seemed hopeless then." (3.22)
Christine's need of money for her family forced her to sacrifice her love for Krogstad.