Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there…

Hermann Hesse
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Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those that destroy them. ✨ Gertrude. Book by Hermann Hesse, p. 217, 1910.
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Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those that destroy them. ✨ Gertrude. Book by Hermann Hesse, p. 217, 1910.

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