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I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the… — Hermann Hesse

Novel · Coming of age story

I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.

In the original German

Nichts auf der Welt ist dem Menschen mehr zuwider als den Weg zu gehen, der ihn zu sich selber führt!

Hermann Hesse
Demian · 1919
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Other tags relating to this quote
Topic
Facing oneselfExistential terrorSelf-knowledge
Genre
Coming of age story
Medium
Novel
Time
1919
Person
Hermann Hesse
Provenance
Current citation
Hesse, Herman. Demian, translated by Damion Searls. Penguin Classics, 2013.
Original citation
Hesse, Herman. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend [Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth]. Fischer Verlag, 1919.

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