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In fear I hurried this way and that. I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, the one as hateful as the other.

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
Literary
Novelist
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Hermann Karl Hesse
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Hurried
Hateful
Chocolate
Mouth
Mouths
Taste
Blood
Fear

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