You learned people and artists have, no doubt, all sorts of superior t…

Hermann Hesse
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You learned people and artists have, no doubt, all sorts of superior things in your heads; but you're human beings like the rest of us, and we, too, have our dreams and fancies. ✨ Hermann Hesse (1983). Steppenwolf, Bantam
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You learned people and artists have, no doubt, all sorts of superior things in your heads; but you're human beings like the rest of us, and we, too, have our dreams and fancies. ✨ Hermann Hesse (1983). Steppenwolf, Bantam

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