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She stood a moment before my eyes, clearly and painfully, loved and deeply woven into my destiny then fell away again in a deep oblivion, at a half regretted distance.

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
Eyes
Stood
Half
Fell
Eye
Clearly
Moment
Deeply
Away
Distance
Regretted
Moments
Destiny
Painfully
Deep
Woven
Loved
Oblivion

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