Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can

Hermann Hesse
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Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2015). Siddhartha: An Indian Tale, p.57, Om Books International
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