People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. It…

Hermann Hesse
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. It was a scandal that a breed of fearless and sinister people ran around freely, so they attached a nickname and a myth to these people to get even with them, to make up for the many times they had felt afraid. ✨ Demian. Book by Hermann Hesse, p. 123, 1919.
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