“You should not take old people who are already dead seriously. It does them injustice. We immortals do not like things to be taken seriously. We like joking. Seriousness, young man, is an accident of time. It consists, I don't mind telling you in confidence, in putting too high a value on time. I, too, once put too high a value on time. For that reason I wished to be a hundred years old. In eternity, however, there is no time, you see. Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.”
Quote by Hermann Hesse
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Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays
This volume compiles six distinct novels alongside a selection of short stories and essays, offering a diverse range of literary works. more
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