What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one? Perhaps tha…

Hermann Hesse
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What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one? Perhaps that you're searching far too much? That in all that searching, you don't find the time for finding? ✨ Hermann Hesse (2016). Siddhartha, p.100, Jaico Publishing House
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What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one? Perhaps that you're searching far too much? That in all that searching, you don't find the time for finding? ✨ Hermann Hesse (2016). Siddhartha, p.100, Jaico Publishing House

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