Loneliness Quote by Hermann Hesse

““He raised himself above her pallid face and kissed her on both closed eyes and thought: she thinks she is taking and does not know that she is giving; in her loneliness she has fled to me and does not suspect my loneliness.””

Hermann Hesse

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