"My resolve to die was not the whim……" — Hermann Hesse
"My resolve to die was not the whim of an hour. It was the ripe, sound fruit that had slowly grown to full size, lightly rocked by the winds of fate whose next breath would bring it to the ground."
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397 Quotes by Hermann Hesse
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Words can not express the joy of new life.
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Happiness is love, nothing else.
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Love is stronger than violence.
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