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Steppenwolf

With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature's most poetic evocations of the soul's journey to liberationHarry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusi

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“Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve.”

— Herman Hesse, amazon.com

Tagged: Solitude, Independence

“Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve.”

— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com

Tagged: Solitude, solitary, Alone, solitary enjoyment, Independence

“A savage desire for strong emotions and sensations burns inside me: a rage against this soft-tinted, shallow, standardized and sterilized life, and a mad craving to smash something up, a department store, say, or a cathedral, or myself.”

— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com

Tagged: emotions, Rage, Anger

“At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, all the secrets that slept deep within me came awake, everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense.”

— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com

Tagged: hermann hesse, Love, Kiss You

“Your soul has fallen to bits and pieces. Good. Rearrange them to suit yourself.”

— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com

Tagged: Pain, Heartache, Sadness, Starting Over, Moving On