You do not really love me — you love nobody. Is that not true? Maybe, …

Hermann Hesse
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You do not really love me — you love nobody. Is that not true? Maybe, said Siddhartha wearily. I am like you. You cannot love either, otherwise how could you practice love as an art? Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can — that is their secret. ✨ Siddhartha.
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You do not really love me — you love nobody. Is that not true? Maybe, said Siddhartha wearily. I am like you. You cannot love either, otherwise how could you practice love as an art? Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can — that is their secret. ✨ Siddhartha.

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