They slept profoundly, desperately, greedily, as though for the last t…

Hermann Hesse
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They slept profoundly, desperately, greedily, as though for the last time, as though they had been condemned to stay awake forever and had to drink in all the sleep in the world during these last hours. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2013). Narcissus and Goldmund: A Novel, p.86, Macmillan
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They slept profoundly, desperately, greedily, as though for the last time, as though they had been condemned to stay awake forever and had to drink in all the sleep in the world during these last hours. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2013). Narcissus and Goldmund: A Novel, p.86, Macmillan

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