It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each ot…

Hermann Hesse
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement. ✨ Narcissus and Goldmund. Book by Hermann Hesse, 1930.
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