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Hermann Hesse Gertrude Quotes

“Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children and often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them.”

Love Hermann Hesse Unhealthy Relationships Hermann Hesse Gertrude Destroyed Love

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“Love between young people and love after many years of marriage is not the same thing.”

Love Marriage Young Love Hermann Hesse Vicissitudes Of Life Hermann Hesse Gertrude

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“During the dark hours I felt my sick heart expand and beat more furiously, and I no longer made any distinction between pleasure and pain, but one was similar to the other; both hurt and both were precious. Whether my inner life went well or badly, my discovered strength stood peacefully outside looking on and knew that light and dark were closely related and that sorrow and peace were rhythm, part and spirit of the same great music.”

Music Hermann Hesse Pleasure And Pain Hermann Hesse Gertrude

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“None of us knew how terribly these two fine people suffered in secret. I do not think that they ever stopped loving each other, but deep down in their nature they did not belong to one another.”

Love Hermann Hesse Ending Relationships Hermann Hesse Gertrude Falling Out Of Loving

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“Youth is the most difficult time of life. For example, suicide rarely occurs amongst old people.”

Youth Suicide Aging Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse Gertrude

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“The most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still in school.”

Wisdom Old People Lively Young People Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse Gertrude

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“My lie has been miserable and difficult, and yet to others and sometimes to myself, it has seemed rich and wonderful. Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness.”

Life Happiness Hermann Hesse Saddness Hermann Hesse Gertrude

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