Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices b…

Hermann Hesse
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Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices begin to speak... surrender to them. Don't ask first whether it's permitted, or would please your teachers or father or some god. You will ruin yourself if you do that. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse (1971). Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse
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