Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had…

Hermann Hesse
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Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve. ✨ Hermann Hesse (1980). Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays
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Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve. ✨ Hermann Hesse (1980). Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays

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