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I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why… — Hermann Hesse

Novel · Coming of age story

I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?

In the original German

Ich wollte ja nichts als das zu leben versuchen, was von selber aus mir heraus wollte. Warum war das so sehr schwer?

Hermann Hesse
Demian · 1919
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Other tags relating to this quote
Topic
Being true to oneselfAuthenticity
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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