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I have always been a great dreamer in dreams I am more active than in my real life, and these shadows sapped me of health and energy.

Hermann Hesse

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
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Resistance Fighter
Writer
Hermann Karl Hesse
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