"I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams--like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves."
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Believe it or not, Harry, that really picked my spirits up. Thanks.
Happy to oblige.
Oddly enough, though I know of Hesse, I came across this quote inside the jacket of a CD.
It prompted me to read up on the German author and add some of his works to my summer reading list.
If that doesn't smack of Oprah's Book Club, I don't know what does.
*hangs head in shame*
Narcissus and Goldmund is brilliant. Just sayin'.
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