Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die. ✨…

Hermann Hesse
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Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die. ✨ Narcissus and Goldmund. Book by Hermann Hesse, 1930.
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He lost his Self a thousand times and for days on end he dwelt in non-being. But although the paths took him away from Self, in the end they always led back to it. Although Siddhartha fled from the S … ▶
Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2013). Steppenwolf: A Novel, p.169, Macmillan
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Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die. ✨ Narcissus and Goldmund. Book by Hermann Hesse, 1930.

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