You have no doubt guessed long since that the conquest of time and the…

Hermann Hesse
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You have no doubt guessed long since that the conquest of time and the escape from reality, or however else it may be that you choose to describe your longing, means simply the wish to be relieved of your so-called personality. That is the prison where you lie. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2013). Steppenwolf: A Novel, p.176, Macmillan
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