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I sped through heaven and saw god at work. I suffered holy pains. I dropped all my defenses and was afraid of nothing in the world. I accepted all things and to all things I gave up my heart.

Hermann Hesse

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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
Pain
Suffered
Nothing
Defense
Heart
Accepted
Work
Gave
Things
Saws
Sped
World
Afraid
Defenses
Holy
Pains
Heaven
Dropped

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