#hermann hesse

[rosquinn]

[lascitasdelashoras]

Hermann Hesse. Rare photos, probably by Martin Hesse, ca. 1935 (1)

[thequeerlibrarian]

Today I visited the Monastery Maulbronn. Hermann Hesse went to school here and some of the books he wrote are inspired by his time there. Unterm Rad takes place there 📚

[metamorphesque]

Whoever has learned how to listen to trees no longer wants to be a tree. He wants to be nothing except what he is. That is home. That is happiness.

[pedestriansteppers]

Hermann Hesse crawling after his cat

[seleccionpoetica]

Hermann Hesse, Demian.

[lillyli-74]

.. wolves suffer too, having dark depths within them.

~Hermann Hesse

[terracemuse]

[quotefeeling]

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

[stay-close]

Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.

Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund

[andrea-non-sa-tornare]

[elvendeity]

"I'm only asking for strength for my days. Teach me the art of small steps."

1 @soracities || 2, 3 shanna van maurik || 4 winter of artifice by anaïs nin || 5 hermann hesse, in an excerpt from hermann hesse on little joys, breaking the trance of busyness, and the most important habit for living with presence, the marginalian || 6 café terrace at night (place du forum, arles), Vincent van Gogh || 7 oamul lu || 8 leaves, lloyd Schwartz || 8 tony kushner, angels in america || 10 dead poets society || 11 a prayer, antoine de saint-exupéry 

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[chaoticmiserablelover]

How some straight men in classic literature act: women are smart and beautiful, but they seem so out of reach. 

Anyway, here is my best friend. He is so beautiful. He is the one person I can trust. We might have kissed a few times in this novel, like all good friends do. Did I mention how beautiful he is in this feminine way? It takes my breath away.

[lunamarish]

Quando siamo davvero noi stessi, tante persone si allontanano, ma questo crea lo spazio necessario affinché le persone giuste possano arrivare.

Hermann Hesse

[philosophors]

“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.”

— Hermann Hesse, “Demian”

[petaltexturedskies]

But I need to feel beautiful and holy things around me, always: music, mystery cults, symbols, myths. I need it, and I refuse to give it up...that's my fatal flaw.

Hermann Hesse, from “Demian”